VINTAGE/1930's NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI INLAY TURQUOISE PEYOTE /THUNDERBIRD NECKLACE

Description

GORGEOUS HAND CARVED  PEYOTE BIRD THUNDERBIRD  NECKLACE WITH 12 SMALLER BIRDS AND ONE LARGER 3"X2" BIRD ALL WITH INLAID FINE TURQUOISE , SET ON STERLING SILVER NAVAJO STYLE BEADS. THIS PEYOTE BIRD IS THE SYMBOL FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH.
NECKLACE HAS A DROP LENGTH OF 16" , ACTUAL NECKLACE WITH OUT LARGE THUNDERBIRD IS 16" TOTAL.
IT IS A LIGTH WEIGHT PIECE SO IT IS VERY COMFORTABLE TO WEAR AT ANY TIME. HAS A GREAT LAY ON AN AVERAGE WOMANS CHEST.
THIS PIECE IS ALSO PERFECT FOR ANY MAN AS WELL.  I OBTAINED THIS FROM A NATIVE WHO WORE THIS OFTEN ESPECIALLY TO POW WOWS HE STILL DOES.. HE CAME TO MY TOWN NEW AND PARTING WITH SOME OF HIS SPECIAL PIECES TO ME WAS A WAY OF GETTING TO KNOW ME AND A SIGN OF FRIENDSHIP...EVEN THOUGH I PAID FOR IT ...
I DO NOT CLEAN MY NA PIECES WHEN I GET THEM AS MANY PEOPLE PREFER THE NATURAL PATINA ACHIEVED OVER YEARS AS IT SHOWS THE AGE.
THEY SAT THE DIRTIER THE BETTER. HOWEVERM, IT WILL SHINE UP BEAUTIFULLY IF ONE DESIRED.,
VERY OLD RARE PIECE FROM THE 1930'S TO 40'S . THESE ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE< GENERALLY PIECES THIS OLD WERE NOT SIGNED+
I HAVE A RING THAT MATCHES IF ONE IS INTERESTED. FOR THE RIGHT BUYER I WILL THROW IT IN AS A BONUS.