VINTAGE ZUNI STERLING SILVER SUNFACE PENDANT

Description

VINTAGE Zuni Sterling Silver Sunface Katchina Pendant or as a Bolo Tie.   This piece is hand made of sterling silver forming the image of a Sunface.  It is raised mosaic inlay with Jet, Gold Lip, Mother-of-Pearl, Coral, Pinshell, Turquoise, Abalone and Silver.   Very few collectors have an Andrew Dewa Sunface at 4-1/4" size.
SUNFACE > 4-1/4" tall and 1 5/8" wide.
SIGNED:   Hallmarked A. Dewa Zuni
AGE:   Piece is approximately 40 years old.
ARTIST: Andrew Dewa is best known for Mosaic Inlay Jewelry bearing the Sunface design that became his signature image.   Andrew learned his craft from his father, Leroy Dewa and his mother, Anita Dewa.   He specialized in raised and carved mosaic.   Andrew Dewa died on Easter Sunday, April 15, 2001.  He created one of the most widely recognized styles of mosaic inlay Sunface Jewelry stating that the Sunface "Does honor to the Sun Father."  He made jewelry since the 1960's and there are very few Andrew Dewa pieces in existence today.  His work is published in Zuni jewelry, the Art and the People, Vol 2, by Barbara and Ed Bell, Zuni Jewelry, by Theda and Michael Bassman, Schiffer Publishing, Treasures of the Zuni by Theda Bassman, and Zuni and many others.   There is currently one available that is listed for 00.00 that is the brother to the sister pendant, the bolo tie.