Kewa Puebloan Artists -Torevia & Delbert Crespin - Hand Cut 9 Strand BLACK JET - Mosaic Inlaid Santo Domingo Pueblo Church (Kewa) -Multi Color Traditional Necklace-Up to 41" Long
Kewa Puebloan Artists -Torevia & Delbert Crespin - Hand Cut 9 Strand BLACK JET - Mosaic Inlaid Santo Domingo Pueblo Church (Kewa) -Multi Color Traditional Necklace-Up to 41" Long
A WORD:
Kewa Puebloan artists Delbert & Torevia Crespin are known for their artistically designed-eye popping Pueblo jewelry & while some pieces such as this necklace can be super traditional, there are other pieces that can have a more contemporary touch. In each however, they will still use traditional techniques that are centuries & centuries old & have been passed onto from their Ancestral Puebloan ancestors.
Made exclusively for my store, this is a 'One of a Kind' necklace, since it is the 1st time one has been made & I must say, that we were all impressed with the outcome!
There's a bit to break down, so here we go:
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THE HAND MADE BLACK JET BEADS:
Playing a dominant role to the necklace are all hand made beads of black jet that give the necklace a very sleek look! Made in a long "wearable length" of 26",(Without the reversible mosaic centerpiece) there are 9 uniform strands (per side) that are evenly cut in a 4 mm round size. Adding a sweet touch to the necklace are again, all hand made colorful square cuts of various stones & shell that are sporadically placed throughout each of the strands & which give it the amazing color it has!
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THE MOSAIC INLAID REVERSIBLE CENTERPIECE:
Made of 3 separate sections that are all connected together & can be turned to show whatever artistic side you want!
1st SECTION (BALE): Using bone that came from one the Crespin's raised farm animals, is used as the base for the mosaic inlay work to lay atop of. On one side is the "Santo Domingo Pueblo Church" (Photo 6) & is artistically created in Gold lip oyster shell, the turquoise cross sits above & the pink portrays the sky & is made of 'rhodonite". The bale is mosaic inlaid in it's entirety & then on the other side, has a "Kiva Step" design of turquoise with orange spiny oyster background. Below this, is a horizontally laid rectangular cut of Gold Lip Oyster shell.(see photos 11,12)
2ND SECTION (MIDDLE) :Made in a thick trapezoidal shape that is mosaic inlaid all the way around. On the side with the Santo Domingo church, this side was actually created by Torevia who dedicated it to Delbert, who's the family farmer of their land. Shown growing out of the earthy brown "Grand Canyon stone', is the sacred corn stalk that's made with green turquoise, serpentine & Italian coral. Each side of this section are mosaic differently. (Photos 7, 13) The reversed side (See photos 11,12) is made of turquoise, spiny oyster, gold lip oyster shell & black jet. The 1st & 2nd sections together measures 4.75"
3RD SECTION:(BEADED FRINGE) Made to compliment the necklace, are 6 fringy strands that measure 4.25" each. The beads graduate in size going from as small as 6 mm to as large 12 mm. On each strand are 3 colorful square cuts of various stones/shell. Add 4.25" to the 1st & 2nd sections, this whole centerpiece measures approximately just over 9" long in length with the fringe.
Torevia added a long 6.50" link extender, so you can drop the length to as long as the 41" range if you like by putting the hook anywhere within the extender!(See last photo)
This necklace can be worn with just about any color wardrobe! And because of all the color in this, you can even wear it with anything black & will do nothing but come to life!
SPECIFICS:
ARTIST: Torevia & Delbert Crespin made EXCLUSIVELY for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry
TRIBE: Kewa Pueblo Village-Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM
MAIN MATERIAL: Black Jet
SECONDARY MATERIALS: Turquoise, Red Apple coral, Orange Spiny Oyster Shell, Melon shell, Gold Lip oyster shell, Rhodonite, white shell
WEIGHT: 12.2 Ounces (344 Grams)
WAEABLE LENGTH: 26" (This measurement is laid horizontally, then measured end to end-without the centerpiece/extender)
TOTAL MEASURMENT OF CENTERPIECE: 9"
ADD EXTENDER LENGTH: 6.50" (Can be worn up to approx.41" long")
BLACK JET BEAD SIZE: 4 mm
SQUARE CUT SIZE: 7 mm Square
STRUNG ON: Fox Tail
METAL: Sterling Silver Hook & Eye-Beads-Extender Chain
COMES BOXED
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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
****I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try to give you photos that are "realistic" in color,just so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. I find photographing anything with 'yellow' in it, (orange, green) can come up a little more vivid than other colors,so please take this into consideration. Although jewelry generally always looks better in person, you still have to take the monitor you're looking at the item with, into consideration. Please go through each photo to see any variation to get an idea. Whether it be your computer monitor or phone screen, the item can appear to be either more vivid (Or duller).
In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. So to get an idea of size,you can either look at it on the body (photo 2) or if you have a measuring tape, please pull it out & compare everything to the measurements I provided you with.
