Navajo Sterling-overlay Naja necklace w/handmade beads and Pilot Mountain turquoise, by Marylou Begay. #2542

When you're really serious about your Naja's—AND your bead necklaces.  Both here are stellar.   The Sterling overlay here harkens back to the silver overlay done by the late and great Tommy Singer, R.I.P.  The art of overlay consists of placing a layer of silver with intricate cut-outs over a base layer of silver, and using heat to fuse the two together as one.  It's not as easy as it sounds.  Adding color to the show here is a rich-looking turquoise cab from what was identified by the maker as Pilot Mountain turquoise.  Then there's the outstanding hand-beaded Sterling necklace.  The two can be separated and worn separately, but why would you?!  End-to-end length of the necklace portion is 20-inches.  But the length of the trophy Naja adds 3 and 1/8th-inches to the 'hang length,' not even counting the fancy hand-made 7/16th's-inch inside-diameter bale.  Weight is a respectable 137.5-grams, or 4.85-ounces!  Hallmarked with an arrowhead beside the initials "MLB."  Complimentary USPS tracked Priority shipping within the U.S.  Enjoy!