Navajo Silver and Turquoise Headstall

Navajo Silver and Turquoise Headstall

ca 1900

harness leather headstall encased with ten heavily stamped silver pieces along the browband and cheeks; double-wire naja pendant, set with three turquoise cabochons, hangs from the center of the browband and is likely a later addition

height 17 inches

PUBLISHED:
Southwest Silver Jewelry (Baxter 2001: pg. 37)

This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Native American & Prehistoric Art Includes stand.
Ex Sarah and William Turnbaugh Collection; Purchased from Norman Hurst, Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ex Nelson Family, St. Paul Minnesota; Ex. H.W. Gottschall