Navajo jewelry

At Grey Dog Trading Company, our Navajo jewelry is carefully chosen for its originality and beauty. The quality of materials and overall design aesthetics are also paramount in making our selections.

Many people think of Navajo jewelry as old-style silverwork, with hand-stamping, built around a centralized turquoise stone or cluster of stones. However, Navajo artists also frequently use overlay and applique techniques, and jewelers such as Jack and Mary Tom combine sterling silver and 14k gold. Inlaid stone work set in silver is no longer unique to the Zuni, as is evidenced by the exquisite artistic mastery of Navajo silver and goldsmiths Alvin and Bryon Yellowhorse. Their skillful play with unique color palettes and stone shapes results in exciting, one-of-a-kind creations.

Today's Navajo jewelry pays homage to its roots in the 1850's, yet also rises above them. Even the most contemporary artists often employ themes from ancient petroglyphs and pictographs in their work. And they value high grade turquoise, and diligently search for as much as they can find these days. Creative, innovative, with an appreciation of quality and the love of quintessential form, all describe the best Navajo artists of today.

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