Chimney Butte Naja Pendant, Bumblebee Jasper, Navajo Sterling Silver
A naja pendant by Chimney Butte, one square bumblebee jasper cabochon on a smooth polished crescent, with a silver ball at each shoulder.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte (Navajo)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: Bumblebee Jasper, cabochon
- Length with bail: 2.58 inches (6.6 cm)
- Pendant drop: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm)
- Width at the widest point: 2.12 inches (5.4 cm)
- Weight: 39.42 grams
- Bail opening: 15 mm
Hallmarks
- Chimney Butte, script maker's stamp
- Sterling
Both marks are struck on the back. The Chimney Butte stamp is the maker's mark; Sterling is the silver standard.
About the Piece
The naja is the crescent form that hangs at the centre of a squash blossom necklace, and it works just as well on its own. This is the plainest of the group: no stamping on the crescent at all, just a clean polished curve with one round silver ball applied at each shoulder.
The stone is the whole story. Bumblebee jasper bands in bright yellow, orange and black, so it reads as heat against silver in a way turquoise never does. Set square in a plain bezel, which suits it.
The bail is 15 mm and cut from heavy sheet, wide enough for a substantial chain.
Bumblebee jasper is a banded yellow, orange and black stone from volcanic deposits in Indonesia. It is not a jasper in the strict sense and it is not turquoise.
Chimney Butte is a Navajo (Dine) silversmith working out of New Mexico in a deliberately old style idiom: heavy gauge sterling, deep hand stamping, repousse, sandcast work, and good named mine turquoise. The mark is one of the most recognisable in contemporary Southwestern silver, which is part of why the work holds its value. Every piece is stamped Chimney Butte and Sterling on the back.
Styling
It hangs from a wide stamped bail that takes a heavy chain, so it will sit on Navajo pearls, a thick box chain, or a leather cord without looking under hung. Worn alone it does all the work; it does not need layering.
Condition
Excellent. Newly made and unworn, with the deep oxidised finish the maker applies to the stamped recesses.
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