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Virgil & Shirley Benn 1970's Mother-Of-Pearl Inlay Sterling Silver Necklace

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Necklace is designed as strands of round silver beads with large inlaid mother-of-pearl and shell animal stations Engraved to depict a rabbit, beaver, goat, deer, ram, wolf, polar bear, cougar, brown bear, sun bear and racoon Mother-of-pearl and shell are black, white, yellow, and brown in color With varying intensities of iridescence - bezel set and ranging in size Accented by turquoise, black onyx and red coral eyes and tongues In the style of a traditional Indigenous Fetish necklace from the Zuni tribe Completed by a hook clasp closure Tested as sterling silver With maker's mark for Zuni Pueblo artists Virgil & Shirley Benn Circa: 1970's Length: 30 inches Smallest station measures: 1 x 1 5/16 inches Largest station measures: 2 x 3 inches Total weight: 117.0 grams Stock Number: We-10195
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