White Buffalo Pendant FJP2452

TWISTED WIRE metalworking is a very old technique used by many Southwestern tribes. It can be found in both vintage and modern pieces.

STARBURSTS are a sterling silver design element that can be polished, and oxidized and are used in a variety of sizes.

STAMP WORK  Navajo silversmiths are renowned for their intricate, detailed stamp work, a style developed over many generations. Stamping is done by hand, and the stamps themselves are oftentimes unique to the artist or are handed down from generations of silversmith

WHITE BUFFALO The trade name “White Buffalo” is used to identify this beautiful stone coming out of Tonopah, Nevada. The Otteson mining family owns the mine where the white stone grows, surrounded by black chert which creates beautiful patterns, and sometimes in rare and more expensive pieces, a spider-web matrix. The stone grows in veins, is hard, and cuts like turquoise, but is not technically turquoise, and is generally referred to as “White Buffalo”