Chimney Butte Naja Pendant, Campitos Turquoise, Scrollwork, Navajo Sterling
A naja pendant by Chimney Butte with a Campitos turquoise cabochon framed by deep scalloped scrollwork, above a domed crescent.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte (Navajo)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: Campitos turquoise, cabochon
- Length with bail: 4.5 inches (11.4 cm)
- Pendant drop: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm)
- Width at the widest point: 2.25 inches (5.7 cm)
- Weight: 96 grams
- Bail opening: 19 mm
Hallmarks
- Chimney Butte
- 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 frame around the stone is the most elaborate silverwork in this group: scalloped scroll work around the setting with applied silver beads worked into the curves, so the stone sits inside a shell of shaped metal rather than a simple bezel.
The crescent below carries six raised domes and stamped lines at the crown, finishing in ball terminals, so the weight of decoration is balanced top and bottom.
The heaviest piece in the naja group at 96 grams.
Campitos turquoise comes from Sonora, Mexico, and is known for soft blue with pyrite flecks and light matrix.
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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