Description Traditional handmade Native American Indian Jewelry from Indigenous Pueblos of the Southwest. Guaranteed authentic. Excellent vintage condition. Infuse your style with the organic textures of the high desert with this vintage Santo Domingo (Kewa) three-strand turquoise necklace. This substantial piece features a rich assembly of hand-stabilized turquoise “chunks,” showcasing a beautiful spectrum of blue-green shades and varied natural matrix patterns. The strands are masterfully tapered, transitioning from bold, rustic stones at the center to smaller, polished turquoise beads near the neckline. Finished with traditional sterling silver cones and a secure hook-and-eye closure, this necklace offers a powerful silhouette and a weighted, authentic feel that honors traditional Southwestern jewelry-making. The Santo Domingo Pueblo (Kewa) has maintained a world-class reputation for bead-making and stone-cutting for centuries, long predating the introduction of silver to the region. This “chunk” style of necklace is highly prized by collectors for its raw, elemental aesthetic, celebrating the turquoise in its most natural-looking form. Traditionally, these multi-strand pieces were crafted to showcase the wearer’s connection to the earth and the life-giving properties of water, symbolized by the turquoise stones. Today, authentic vintage Kewa necklaces like this serve as timeless pillars of any Southwestern collection, representing an unbroken lineage of Pueblo craftsmanship and trade.
