Chimney Butte Naja Pendant, Three White Buffalo Stones, Navajo Sterling
A naja pendant by Chimney Butte with three White Buffalo cabochons stacked vertically in black and white, above a stamped crescent.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte (Navajo)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: White Buffalo, cabochon
- Length with bail: 4.5 inches (11.4 cm)
- Pendant drop: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm)
- Width at the widest point: 2.15 inches (5.5 cm)
- Weight: 78.2 grams
- Bail opening: 17 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
Three oval stones run down the centre in plain bezels, each separated by a small applied silver dome, set on a ground of applied silver beads that catches light between them. White Buffalo is white with black chert running through it, so the whole piece reads as silver, white and black with no colour at all. It is a very different look from turquoise and it suits people who wear a lot of silver.
Below, the crescent is stamped along its length and finishes in a round ball at each tip.
At 4.5 inches with the bail and 78 grams, this is one of the larger najas in the group.
White Buffalo is a white stone with black chert matrix, mined in Nevada. It is not turquoise, despite the trade often calling it white 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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This listing is for the pendant only. Chains shown in photographs are for styling purposes and are not included.
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