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Our Native American Artists and Silver smiths have hand crafted pieces of turquoise jewelry for several television shows, movies and Hollywood celebrities. They have chosen our turquoise watches, turquoise necklaces, turquoise belt buckles, turquoise concho belts, turquoise bracelets and several other turquoise masterpieces. Recently Alltribes has made pieces for celebrities in television shows such as The Office, CSI and American Idol. High fashion sterling silver turquoise jewelry has begun to

Old Pawn is a treasure in old Native American Jewelry and personal adornment from the Felsot private collection of bracelets, rings, and necklaces. This old pawn jewelry collection features some of the most noted Native American artists in the industry during it's peak years of the 1960's and 1970's. Contrary to different opinions, old pawn was not made only for pawn. Old pawn is not merely a turquoise piece that a Native American Indian needed for money. The Old Pawn surge was brought on by t

Technically speaking, turquoise is the hydrous basic aluminum phosphate plus copper. It is found in most of the Southwestern copper producing states, with Nevada and Arizona in the lead, followed by Colorado and New Mexico. Some turquoise comes from mines worked specifically for the gemstone; some comes from copper mines as a by-product. But many think that because a turquoise stone came from the Bisbee stake mine in Arizona, for instance, that it is superior quality. Each mine has varying gr

Jewelry made by the Zuni Native American Indians covers a wide range of Southwestern styles and designs. However, while it varies greatly its basic inlaid styling makes it uniquely different than jewelry made in the other parts of the world. Although some countries have a lower labor standard than the United States which leads to attempts at copying popular Zuni jewelry, the reproduction of Zuni styles in those countries has never been successful on a large scale. Zuni Inlay jewelry suc

The O’odham mainly focus on Southwestern basketry. Native American baskets originally, like pottery, were completely utilitarian, and were being constructed well before pottery. Discoveries of Hohokam baskets go back 1300 years and were probably being made in the area well before that. Unfortunately baskets biodegrade while fired pottery lasts for ages which is why you come across Southwestern pottery well before Southwestern Native American Indian Baskets. O’odham baskets are still being made t