Necklace, Thunderbird, Santo Domingo, Depression, Vintage, 3303

A SANTO DOMINGO STATEMENT PIECE.

This vintage beauty is a classic Depression-era Santo Domingo thunderbird necklace, set apart by it’s unique use of only turquoise chips (as opposed to found objects, gypsum, etc.) to create the traditional thunderbird and triangular tabs on a single strand of tiny turquoise beads.

• affiliation: Santo Domingo
• materials: gypsum, turquoise, various recycled resins
• measurements: 24"
• weight: 56 grams
• closure: hook & eye
• nice vintage condition
• stone is secure in its setting
• stones are secure in their settings
• abrasions and surface wear commensurate with age
• silver has a nice patina 
• light wear from use
• wear from ethnographic use
• style: JN3303