Featured in this lot is a Vintage Navajo Running Bear Trading Post Sterling Silver Dry Creek Turquoise Pendant Necklace, circa 1950s to 1970s. This delicate pendant necklace features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterling silver and Dry Creek turquoise construction featuring traditional Navajo motifs of hogans and braided silver rope. Navajo jewelry's history, intertwined with hogan (traditional home) culture, began with Spanish influence introducing silversmithing (Atsidi Sani, 1860s), blending with native turquoise use after 1868, while hogans symbolize creation (womb/earth), facing east for sunrise, connecting to Creator, serving as sacred, communal spaces for blessings and ceremonies, with sweat hogans used for purification, showing deep spiritual roots reflected in jewelry's significance. Crafted by artisans associated with the Running Bear Trading Post, this distinctive Navajo sterling silver watch band is handcrafted and sold by various Native American jewelry dealers. Keeping the tradition and art of Native American crafts alive, Running Bear Trading produces and sells only local Native American handmade and hand-crafted products from New Mexico and Arizona. Reverse of pendant is stamped with the hallmark "R.B" inside a bear silhouette. Pendant necklace features a paper clip style chain with a spring ring clasp. This beautiful pendant necklace shows good condition overall with no signs of damage. Pendant measures 1"W x 1.375"L, total necklace is 10.25"L, collective weight is 13gms.