Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace Turquoise Shadowbox- TEDDY DRAPER JR. 19" for Sale

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Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace Turquoise Shadowbox- TEDDY DRAPER JR. 19" For Sale

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Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace Turquoise Shadowbox- TEDDY DRAPER JR. 19":
$549.00

Gorgeous Navajo Turquoise Sterling Silver Necklace by Teddy Draper Jr.
This is a stunning piece. Each turquoise bead was individually ground. Each bead is a beautiful stone in and of itself. It is strung on foxtail. Each "squash blossom" is a shadowboxed stone with a Navajo symbol. The bottom one shows a Kokopelli. He uses Fox mine in many of his pieces and I think this may be from Fox Mine. However, I don't know for sure. I'm open to your opinions on the turquoise.
Weight: 102.3 grams
Ted's maternal clan is Naashgahli Dine'e, paternal clan is Ashiihi, maternal grandfather's clan is Todicheeni, and paternal grandfather's clan is Tohahelini.

Draper is the son of a WWII Navajo Marine "Code Talker" and is a holder of many awards for his art. His primary medium is pastel, but he also uses oil, watercolors, sculpture and modern/traditional design Navajo jewelry.

He has served on the Gallup Intertribal Indian Ceremonial Board, the Fine Arts Showcase and Indian Market during the Navajo Nation Fair and is presently serving on the advisory board of The Pueblo Grande Museum's Annual Indian Market
Adobe Gallery:

Award winning artist TeddyDraper, Jr. is Diné of the Navajo Nation. He is known for his unique work inpastels and has won numerous awards for his artwork.

Teddy Draper, Jr., was bornOctober 3, 1949, on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. He lives and works nearChinle, Arizona. He is the son of a former United States Marine Corps NavajoCode-talker (Teddy Draper, Sr.) who had served in the South Pacific duringWorld War II. (Adobe Gallery has a great video on him on their website.)

A teacher and mentor to many fantastic Dinéartists at DinéCollege's Fine Arts and Navajo Cultural Arts,Teddy Draper Jr., son of Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper, Sr. Draper Jr. is a silversmith living in nearby Chinle.

From romaarellano

Draper's jewelry is hard tofind, as he has in the past couple of decades focused on mostly pastel paintingand teaching painting seminars. He was born in 1949, son of a former UnitedStates Marine Corps Navajo Code-talker who had served in the South Pacificduring World War II. Draper Jr. lives near Canyon De Chelly (Tséyiʼ, meaning"canyon" or "inside the rock") and Canyon Del Muerto, whichhave inspired his paintings.

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