Featured in this lot is this beautiful Navajo Diné Eloise Richards Sterling Silver King's Manassa Turquoise and Spiny Oyster Dragonfly Pendant Necklace. Eloise Richards, recognized by her "E. Richards" hallmark, is a Navajo silversmith known for creating handmade sterling silver jewelry, often featuring turquoise and other stones like spiny oyster. As a Navajo artist, Eloise Richards's work reflects traditional styles and techniques of the Diné people, such as silver beadwork and intricate bezel settings. Many of her pieces feature turquoise often with striking matrix patterns. For the Navajo (Diné), the dragonfly symbolizes pure water, healing, and transformation, often appearing in sacred art like sand paintings to represent water's purity and bring rain, and is considered a holy insect to be respected, with killing it believed to cause drought. They are seen as messengers, connecting to water and bringing hope, while also embodying resilience and the stripping away of negativity. This pendant necklace has four King Manassa's turquoise cabochon "wings" with braided silver and silver beads surrounding. The centre portion of the dragonfly features five spiny oyster cabochons with silver beads. The triple strand features turquoise, spiny oyster and silver beads. Artist's hallmark is stamped on the reverse, "E. Richards" and "Sterling". The necklace shows good condition overall with no wear or damage present to the piece. The necklace measures 19.5" in length from clasp to clasp, dragonfly is 2.5"W x 3.125"L, with a total weight of 130 grams.