The Zuni are master lapidaries, and Zuni jewelry is first a story of stone. Needlepoint and petit point set dozens — sometimes hundreds — of small, hand-cut turquoise stones in slender silver bezels; channel and mosaic inlay fit precisely cut turquoise, coral, jet, and shell edge to edge into flush, painterly compositions.
Cluster work arranges cabochons in radiant rosettes, and the Zuni fetish-carving tradition shapes stone and shell into small animal forms. Where Navajo work leads with silver, Zuni work leads with the lapidary's patience and precision.
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The stones most often set in the zuni lapidarytradition. Explore each gemstone’s origin and meaning, then shop the pieces that carry it.
