Horse Pendant by Gerald Lomaventema

1 inch wide 3/4 tall. 20 inch sterling chain.

Gerald Lomaventema is a traditional Hopi silversmith who sells his work in the U.S., Japan and Europe.  He learned traditional Hopi overlay and other techniques from other fellow Hopi artists in the 80’s and 90’s.  He is a recipient of a 2016 SFA Master-Apprentice Artist Award. Lomaventema teaches students the Hopi overlay technique, which was first developed by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie and his brother-in-law, Paul Saufkie, in the 1940s.
You can view more of his work for sale here: https://loom.market/artists/yvette-talaswaima/