Vintage Navajo Sterling Silver Hair Ornament Pin

About the Piece: Vintage Navajo Sterling Silver Hair Ornament Pin

Here's a different type of handmade Native American jewelry - it's a vintage Navajo silver hair ornament. 

The hair pin or ornament is comprised of two handmade pieces. One part is the main ornament, beautifully hand-stamped sterling silver that is a gently curved oval. The other part is a handmade hair pin that is gently twisted through the point of the pin and hand stamped at the oval decorative portion of the pin. 

If you pull your hair back, it will hold a section of hair that's about 2" wide by 1/4" thick, so it won't hold a whole head ponytail. Still, it looks beautiful placed at the back of your head holding two sides of hair pulled back there. The best way to wear this is to put part of your hair into an elastic and then slide the oval ornament over the elastic portion of the hair. Finally, the pin sticks into the hair through two holes in the oval ornament.

The ornament itself measures 2 5/8" across x 1 3/4" wide. The curved depth is about 3/4". The pin measures 3 3/4" from end to end. 

The piece is stamped "Sterling" and comes from an Albuquerque, New Mexico collection. 

You can watch more about how to wear this hair pin here.

Summary:

Item: Vintage Navajo Sterling Silver Hair Ornament Pin

Attribution: Navajo

Materials: Sterling Silver

Dimensions: The ornament itself measures 2 5/8" across x 1 3/4" wide. The curved depth is about 3/4". The pin measures 3 3/4" from end to end. It holds a section of hair that's about 2" wide by 1/4" thick

Signature: "Sterling"

Provenance: From an Albuquerque, New Mexico collection