Featured in this lot are these Navajo Diné John Begay Jr. Sterling Silver Cotton Candy Turquoise Triple Drop Pendant Necklace. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterling silver featuring three Cotton Candy turquoise cabochons. John Begay Jr. has been a major player in the contemporary jewelry world for several decades and has won top prizes in every important Native American show and exhibition. His pieces are rare. He learned silversmithing from his parents and an uncle, but much of his time was spent training himself in the basics of the craft. John Begay does not mass-produce jewelry, and puts skill and spirit into each individual piece. Cotton Candy Turquoise is a unique, multicolored composite stone featuring natural turquoise mixed with vibrant pink and white elements, often rhodonite or jasper, creating a dreamy, sweet color palette popular in modern jewelry for its distinctive look that blends traditional Southwestern style with trendy pastel hues, made famous by mines like the Kingman in Mohave County, western Arizona. Navajo turquoise jewelry history began in the 1860s with silversmith Atsidi Sani, blending indigenous turquoise reverence (protection, health) with Spanish metalworking, evolving iconic pieces like the naja and squash blossom necklaces, showcasing elaborate stampwork and sandcasting, and becoming a cultural hallmark for good fortune and spiritual connection, thriving today through traditional techniques and adaptation to modern markets. The artist's hallmark is stamped on the reverse of the earrings, "JB" and "Sterling". Pendant necklace features a delicate flat curb style sterling silver chain with a spring ring clasp. This beautiful pendant necklace shows good condition overall with no signs of damage. Pendant measures 3"L, total necklace is 11.5"L, collective weight is 16.9 grams.