If you are looking for that statement piece to make your girl friends do a second take ... this is it! In this auction you will be bidding on a Navajo native American turquoise and sterling silver pendant 2.25 wide x 3.25 long x 1inch high. The turquoise is from Bisbee. The pendant  is over 50 years old. The turquoise is untreated. There is an incredible amount of work in this piece, crafted by noted Navajo silversmith Jerry Roan (1919 - 1977).


Navajo tribal native Jerry Roan (1919-1977) had a productive life as a silversmith and jewelry maker.  He began actively working at silversmithing around 1968.  In 1969, a year after he began smithing, he on a 1st Award at the Navajo Tribal Fair in Arizona.  

Roan was included in the 2002 exhibit “Jewels of the Southwest” at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe.  His work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, and the Yellowhorse Museum in Paradise Valley, Arizona