Chimney Butte Naja Pendant, Webbed Number 8 Turquoise, Navajo Sterling
A naja pendant by Chimney Butte set with a webbed Number 8 turquoise triangle in a twisted rope and beaded bezel.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte (Navajo)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: Number 8 turquoise, cabochon
- Length with bail: 4.25 inches (10.8 cm)
- Pendant drop: 3.5 inches (8.9 cm)
- Width at the widest point: 2.15 inches (5.5 cm)
- Weight: 86 grams
- Bail opening: 19 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 stone is cut as a triangle rather than the usual oval or teardrop, which is unusual and it gives the piece a stronger line. The webbing is dense, dark brown threading across blue green with the matrix cells clearly separated.
The bezel is doubled: a twisted rope of silver inside a ring of applied beads. That is two separate operations at the bench, and it frames a busy stone without competing with it.
Below, the crescent carries raised silver domes along its face and stamped lines at the crown, finishing in ball terminals. At 86 grams it has real presence.
The Number 8 mine in Nevada closed in the 1960s, so the stone only comes from old stock now. It is prized for heavy golden brown to black spiderweb 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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