Native American, Southwestern United States, Santo Domingo Pueblo, ca. 1970s to 1980s CE. A double strand Jacla with coral beads along the terminal ends, turquoise heishi discs, and at the center are clusters of nacre shell with white and orange hues. This piece was allegedly made by Ray Lovato, an award-winning jeweler, who hand-turns / carves his own heishi beads. While this could be worn as a choker necklace as shown, this is actually a Jacla, which are two loops of heishi beads worn as earrings or fastened to the bottom of a necklace as a pendant ornament. Size of strand flat as necklace: 13" L (33 cm); shell beads: 0.75" L x 0.5" W (1.9 cm x 1.3 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, before 2000; ex-Faye estate, Mount Diablo, California, USA

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#180676

Some minor chips and nicks to turquoise and shells. Intact and wearable as a jacla or necklace.