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Navajo Turquoise Loop Necklace
Navajo turquoise and heishe Jacla with spiney oyster corn. Old Pawn. From the Indian Store in Clovis, New Mexico.
Jacla is Navajo for "ear string" . The two hoops would be removed from the necklace and used as earings. That is how the Jacla originated. In the oldest style necklaces, the jacla is a pair of loop earrings tied onto the necklace. Most jaclas have tabular pieces in the bottom center that are called “corn”.
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Southwest - Navajo, Native American
SIZE: 22"
Navajo turquoise and heishe Jacla with spiney oyster corn. Old Pawn. From the Indian Store in Clovis, New Mexico.
Jacla is Navajo for "ear string" . The two hoops would be removed from the necklace and used as earings. That is how the Jacla originated. In the oldest style necklaces, the jacla is a pair of loop earrings tied onto the necklace. Most jaclas have tabular pieces in the bottom center that are called “corn”.
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Southwest - Navajo, Native American
SIZE: 22"
$385.00
Original: $1,100.00
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$1,100.00
$385.00Description
Navajo turquoise and heishe Jacla with spiney oyster corn. Old Pawn. From the Indian Store in Clovis, New Mexico.
Jacla is Navajo for "ear string" . The two hoops would be removed from the necklace and used as earings. That is how the Jacla originated. In the oldest style necklaces, the jacla is a pair of loop earrings tied onto the necklace. Most jaclas have tabular pieces in the bottom center that are called “corn”.
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Southwest - Navajo, Native American
SIZE: 22"
