A four strand beauty featuring 128 birds and 3 turquoise bears, this necklace was made in the 1970’s by Verna Kushana. the birds are carved of turquoise, abalone shell, gold lip & black lip Mother of pearl shell, penn shell, pink mussel shell and turquoise. This necklace can be clasped to be 27.5 inches long to 29.5 inches long. SOLD. (SANTA FE)

By Evalena Boone, this necklace is likely to be a one-of-a-kind as she carved it out of natural turquoise. Natural turquoise can fracture and break far more easily than treated turquoise and boy, did that happen - but she persevered. However, she says she will not make another of natural turquoise. (But she will continue to make beautiful stabilized turquoise ‘fetish’ necklaces. This one features 55 different birds on three strands. SOLD. (SANTA FE)