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Navajo Lloyd Becenti Sterling Silver Overlay Bear Storyteller Necklace

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Start price: $5

Estimated price: $2,000 - $3,000

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Description

A Navajo sterling silver ‘Storyteller’ necklace by Lloyd Becenti. This piece is composed of seventeen articulated, stylized bear-shaped pendants, varying in size and linked together by oval rings, terminating in a chain with a lobster clasp. Each pendant features intricate, deeply engraved designs depicting abstract motifs, stylized faces, and elements resembling celestial bodies, feathers, or foliage, rendered in a distinctive Indigenous art style. The reverse of the pendants displays a hammered texture, and a unique, abstract maker’s mark is visible on one large bear. The clasp is stamped ‘925’ confirming sterling silver.

Length: 28.5 inches

Weight: 138 GR