Navajo Woven Silver Horned Toad Pin - Jean Greyeyes (#39)
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Woven Sterling Silver
Horned Toad Pin
2" long x 3/4" wide
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About the artist:
Jean Greyeyes - Navajo Jewelry Artist:Jean's favorite place to work is in Tsegi Canyon. Her parents, Pete and Bessie, live there and while watching their sheep, she will pull out her needlenose pliers and silver wire and commence creating her unique woven necklaces and pins. Jean does not like soldering so every element of her jewelry is created by her. When Jean was younger, her mother, Bessie, would bug her to weave rugs. One day, Jean created a woven silver piece and from that day forward, her mother never bothered her again about weaving. She compares her jewelry to the traditions of both basket and rug weaving. She creates the framework like a rug loom and then weaves the silver much as one would wrap the weft strands of a basket. The horned toad is one of her favorite designs. Jean says, "He is a protector and has always intervened on behalf of the Navajo people". See full biography | See all items by Jean Greyeyes
Related categories:
Jean Greyeyes Pins See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
Horned Toad
When a point
is found, the person inhales the air around it four times and asks for protection
from the spirit accompanying it. Although some believe that arrowheads are made
by horned toads that blow on a rock and chip it into a form with its breath, ........... More about this legend
Silversmithing
When and how
the Navaho acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons
for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and
improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country? More about this legend
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