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Frank Yellowhorse(1933-2020) Navajo sterling silver Multi-stone intarsia inlay<br>bib necklace. This is an older c1970's Frank Yellowhorse hallmark that is<br>misidentified by some as Frank Yazzie which makes no sense, this is obviously<br>Frank Yellowhorse's work. The legitimate galleries have pieces with this<br>hallmark attributed to Frank Yellowhorse c1970's.<br>Side arms are 4" x 5/8" each, drop center is 2 1/8" x 1 3/8". Chain is approx<br>16", so 24" total length. 79.2 grams.<br><br>Frank Yellowhorse<br>NATIVE AMERICAN - DINÉ (NAVAJO), 1933 - 2020<br>Navajo artist and businessman Frank Yellowhorse (1933-2020). Yellowhorse was a<br>Korean War veteran, silversmith, and owner of the famed Chief Yellowhorse<br>Trading Post on Route 66 in Lupton, Arizona. Although the trading post started<br>in the 1950s, Frank and his brother learned to sell as kids, at their parents'<br>roadside stand offering Navajo rugs and petrified wood. Today if you google<br>"Frank Yellowhorse," chances are you will see a photo of him in traditional<br>Navajo attire, including headband and gray hair in a ponytail bun, and you might<br>even find a portrait of him painted by a fine artist who was smitten when<br>stopping in at the trading post. And most likely you will see his name<br>frequently mentioned in reference to having taught his award-winning son Alvin<br>how to make jewelry. Alvin is a multiple blue-ribbon winner at Santa Fe Indian<br>Market and is represented by major art galleries worldwide; Alvin's pieces<br>regularly sell for upwards of $9000! Indeed, Alvin had an amazing teacher in<br>father Frank, who was a renowned artist in his own right. While his jewelry<br>doesn't command quite at the same prices as son Alvin, the elder Yellowhorse's<br>works are highly collectible nonetheless.
