A  RARITY  FROM  MY  50  YEAR  ARCHIVE  OF  SOUTHWEST  NATIVE  AMERICAN  COIN  &  INGOT SILVER                                                                                                            TREASURES
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                                                INGOT  HAND  WROUGHT  STERLING  SILVER   PIN
                                                                                        CIRCA  1930 -1940
                                                                                 GREAT SILVERSMITH  WORK     
AN  ARTICULATED  "HOOP  DANCER"  PIN  WITH TWO  SILVER RING "HOOPS" THAT SPIN AND  LIFT AND A
                                    SQUARE  CUT  TURQUOISE  STONE  ON THE KACHINA LIKE FIGURE
                           FABRICATED FROM STERING  SHEET SILVER  AND HEAVY GUAGE  SILVER WIRE 
                                                                 IT  HAS  A  COMMERCIAL  PIN BACK 
                                                                                                AND 
       THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A PIN THAT WAS FOR SALE ALONG THE SANTA FE RAILWAY RAIL ROAD LINE AT THE 
TRAIN STOPS  AND IN THE FRED HARVEY CURIO STORES  AT EACH OF THE STATIONS AND HOTELS  THROUGH
                                                     THE  SOUTHWEST  ALONG THE DETOUR JOURNEY
                                                                                          UNMARKED 
                                                                           VERY  RARE  IN  THIS  CONDITION
                                                IT  MEASURES  1 1/16"  BY  1/2" "  AND  WEIGHS  2.74 GRAMS
             

                                                      MADE  BY  AND UNKNOWN  NAVAJO  SILVERSMITH

                                                               

                                                                  
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I will be listing classic examples of early 19th  and  early  20th Century silver work as well as Classic to Transitional textiles. If looking for anything special or specific ...  please feel free to contact me. 

Shipping for this with full USPS insurance is $4.99

                              If in Santa Fe in August please come visit me at the Objects of Art  Show from August 10th - 13th.
                                                                             I will also be curating the

   "STRANDS  ACROSS  TIME  ~~   EXHIBITION OF NAVAJO ... PUEBLO  &  HISPANIC  WEAVINGS  OF THE SOUTHWEST"
                                     AT  THE    EL  MUSEO   CULTURAL  CENTER  AT  THE  RAILYARD

  Feel free to contact me for information or to purchase an Exhibition Book of these rare 16th-20th Century Twill  Woven  Textiles.