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Navajo Silver & Turquoise Spider/Bug Fetish Pin

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 350.00 USD
Navajo Silver & Turquoise Spider/Bug Fetish Pin
For your consideration in this lot is a hand made Navajo Native American silver and Turquoise spider/bug fetish pin that can also be worn as a pendant. The spider has a head made of a large silver drop and it has six wire legs. The spider in total measures 1 3/4 tall by 2 1/4" wide. The spiders body is a cabochon of Morenci Turquoise measuring 3/4". Morenci is high to light blue in color with an unusual matrix of irregular iron pyrite or “fool’s gold” that when polished, often looks like silver. . The turquoise is held in a frame that has triangle "teeth" and is bordered by a silver twisted rope. On the back is mounted the pin fixture. Because of how this fixture is mounted it will balance and can also be attached to a chain to wear as a pendant.