Henry and Linda Barber Vintage Zuni Silver Inlay Pin / Pendant Hummingbird

  

This vintage pin / pedant has been beautifully crafted by husband and wife team Henry and Linda Barber. They are known for their meticulously detailed Zuni style flush silver inlay. They both worked as silversmiths for Ortegas.

This pin / pendant measures 1 1/2" tall and 1" wide and is in great vintage condition. Henry and Linda Barber are a well-known husband-and-wife artisan team recognized for their vintage Southwestern sterling silver lapidary inlay jewelry. While records occasionally cite Navajo or Hopi ties, their work is deeply rooted in the Zuni style stone inlay. Active heavily during the 1970s and 1980s, they often produced pieces for regional trading posts in Gallup, New Mexico, and the broader Southwest. Most of these pawn shops and trading posts are now closed. The Native American would pawn his jewelry for immediate cash. The shop would hold it and charge interest until he could reclaim it.

Dead pawn are the pieces that were never retrieved. Old Pawn Jewelry typically dates from the early 1900s to the 1970s. Most of the early pieces are not signed because it wasn't the Native American tradition to sign the pieces they crafted. Also, the turquoise in old pawn is turquoise that you can't get anymore because many of the mines have closed.

And, the red and orange coral is rare because of the coral bleaching which is happening today. We guarantee all of our Native American Indian items to be AUTHENTIC American Indian traditional arts. To see more vintage Native American jewelry.