Navajo Silver Squash Blossom Necklace  

stamped U.S. Navajo 70 on back of naja. Beautifully crafted blossom with fat handmade beads plus 16 blossoms and a naja with corn plant and hands, length 25 in.
ca 1940

The U.S. Navajo stamp was issued by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and used between 1937 and the beginning of WWII. The number 70 designates where the blossom was made.

Necklace show very little wear, however it has been restrung.