Chacodog has been offering Navajo silversmith Darryl Becenti's pieces since 2003. Darryl is painstaking about the precision of his stampwork and he has a particularly good eye for combinations of stamps and innovating new designs which are wholly traditional in their inspiration.

This large, three-stone pendant continues Darryl's experimentation with convex, fanned scallop appliquées as principal elements of texture and emphasis in his designs (see other examples: NBR-DBT115, NBR-DBT112 & NBR-DBT125). Using three eye-popping stones of natural Royston turquoise from Nevada, Darryl beautifully marries his deep, precise stampwork to create a richly textured composition of exquisite color. The stones are set in straight-edged bezels wrapped with twist wire and raindrops are interspersed among the stone sets to add sparkle to the design.

The fifth photograph pictures Darryl's pendant on a strand of Erma Arviso's 12 mm. diameter antiqued Sterling beads. These beads are sold separately from the pendant. See our assortment of available lengths of Erma's 12 mm. diameter beads.

Hallmarked with a "D" on its side over an arrow and stamped "Sterling" on back.

Stones: top 1 1/8" x 1"; middle 1 1/16" x 3/4"; bottom 3/4" x 7/16"

Dimension of pendant (excluding jump ring & bale): 4 1/8" x 1 7/8"

Total hang: 5 1/8"

***Sterling beads pictured above sold separately***