For your consideration is this Navajo sterling silver and purple spiny oyster squash blossom necklace from Navajo artist J. Mariano. The tri-strand chain shows a variety of stones including purple spiny oyster, sleeping beauty turquoise, with sterling silver beads throughout the necklace. The Naja is a large sterling silver frame with twelve square purple spiny oyster stones and twelve smaller round sleeping beauty turquoise stones. The artist signature is featured on the back of the Naja, along with a sterling stamp. The condition of this squash blossom necklace is pristine with no obvious signs of damage and slight patina adorning the tooled silver cones. The measurements of this necklace when unclasped, measures 19" and the Naja alone measures 3 1/4" x 2 1/2".