λ Lee A. Yazzie | A hardstone necklace and earrings

The necklace designed as a graduated series of triangular pendants each inlaid with lapis lazuli and coral, Corallium rubrum, accompanied by a pair of pendant earrings en suite, signed A. Yazzie, lengths: pendant 6.1cm, necklace 58.2cm, earring 3.5cm (2)

The Yazzie family of New Mexico, is one of the most celebrated Navajo jewellery families. Brothers Lee and Raymond Yazzie, along with most of their family, all work in the art of jewellery. Each piece they create is unique and no designs are ever repeated. Yazzie jewellery was recently featured in the exhibition 'Glittering World: Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family' at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York, 2014-2016.