@Ziacat - I love the jet one! The off center bead reminds me of how the clasps are on many vintage pearl necklaces. (Oyster pearls, not silver 
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Please let me know when your shop is open 
Iām sure I would find something you might want to let go. 
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Haha, same with your shop 
I actually debated whether I was going to keep the pawn necklace, because I donāt love the super bright blue of the turquoise. But it looks good on, I donāt have anything else like it, and I love having the pawn ticket, so for now itās a keeper.
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Nice variety @Ziacat! Maybe itās because there has been discussion about jet heishi necklaces, but your jet pieces are my favoriteā¦well, actually your Momās vintage turquoise and silver barrel bead necklace; Iād buy that in a secondš¤. And I love asymmetry in design, so IMO the jet necklace with the offset turquoise bead is perfect!
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My only non silver beaded necklaces.
Opal Paquin on the left. Unknown on the right. Anyone have any ideas?
Ronald ChƔvez.
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@nanc9354 You have some really nice and unique pieces. Thank you for sharing them. My eye was especially drawn to the inlay necklace.
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Thanks here4. I love your Lovato necklace. And put me on the list of wanting a kewa jet strand.
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One of the things I really wanted to get at the market was a longer heishi necklace. I have one, but Iām beginning to suspect that itās not legit. Lita Atencio (Kewa) makes beautiful stuff, and I was tempted by her multi strand pieces (in particular a jet one with turquoise and coral interspersed throughout), but they had higher prices, and I was thinking about the cuff; plus I wanted one with a clasp so I could put a pendant on it (most of the multi strands didnāt). Then I found this!
Lita said itās natural Sleeping Beauty (she said she only had a few with SB, because the mine recently closed), and completely handmade. I love that there a 4 spiney pieces in it.
She uses a red bead as her mark (sometimes in heishi shape - sometimes a bead), and my thin black necklace I posted above (and possibly also the thin turquoise heishi one) are hers. Even better, my jet necklace with the big turquoise bead was made by her! I had completely forgotten. Hereās pic of her tableā¦
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Oh my goodness, so beautiful! 
I love the graduation and the presence it has as a single strandāwhat a look when youāll add a pendant, too! That table shot has me drooling: itās dazzling to see these in person and to try to choose. My necklace of hers is also SB, and she did sort of talk it up to me as a special turquoise for her. Yay! 
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@Ziacat Wow, what a beautiful single strand of SB with a couple of red spiney beads. You made a great choice. Thank you for sharing it and her table full of necklaces.
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Thank you @chicfarmer and @here4turquoise! It was exactly what I was looking for, and itās a nice length, about 26" stretched out. I loved all the jet, coral, etc, but it was really turquoise that I wanted. And @chicfarmer, I remember yours, gorgeous!! I was familiar with her work, but your purchase several years ago helped to inspire me to search her out. Here it is (from an old thread)ā¦
It was funny, the brochure said her booth was in the main hall, but I couldnāt find her. Aaronās friend took me to her in one of the galleries off the hall. Lita was packing her table up, because someone had taken her hall spot, but the museum found another place there, so we helped her move her stuff, and got to chat with her and daughter for quite awhile. She explained how she cuts her heishi from a turquoise piece by making numerous small vertical and horizontal cuts. Then she threads them on a wire, and grinds them on a wheel with running water to get to the size she desires.
@here4turquoise Litaās daughter asked if she could take a picture of Lita and me, because she is trying to get her to be in more pics - apparently Lita doesnāt like pictures of herself- so I got one also. Iām not going to post that, but at least you can see her awesome work!
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What a great experience you had with Lita and her daughter. I really enjoy hearing of interactions between an artist and their customers. Thank you for sharing yours.
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Such beautiful necklaces. I donāt know how one sees all the booths. I would be stuck at this booth for quite a while. Your necklace is superb.
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I have not posted any of mine here yet, because most would be considered āfakeā.
I made them in the 1980ās.
But, because I am only 18% Native american, they are not Native made. When offered for sale I do not misrepresent them. I just say they are Southwest stylr and list the materials used.
I do want to encourage others to apporeciate the time it takes to use shell heishe beads. Some of the beads I used and still use are paper thin. One single strand necklace with Heishe and some other items contains thousands of beads. They take many hours to make.
One necklace I made for me is single strand, with pen shell heishe, sleeping beauty heishi like beads and āfakeā triopical made fetishes. ā
I was somewhat bored when making this necklace, so I counted every heishi bead. This 18" necklace contains over 2000 shell heishi beads.
If you want to see the necklaces I have made since the 1980ās I will post them,
Most contain olive shell and pen shell. Those were the most readily available and used in the 1980ās on the Navajo Nation.
Since then I have used some other shell heishi beads and some turquoise heishi like beads.
Some coconut heio=shi lile beads, too. They were also popular in Navajo land in the 1980ās.
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@fernwood Please post your necklaces! I would love to see them.
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This collection continues to astound. I could have easily fallen down the slope of amassing too many heishi necklaces, and they (and bead necklaces) remain an all-time fave. I should add to the thread with a group shot.
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Oh my, top left is very eye catching.
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Yes @chicfarmer, please do!
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One of my favorites.