Melissa Yazzie Butterfly Pin Jet Black Onyx and Turquoise Inlay Butterfly online Pendant Native American Signed Sterling Hallmark M SuddenlySeen

This unique petite sterling silver butterfly pin or pendant with Sleeping Beauty turquoise is stunning.

The Hallmark looks most likely as Melissa Yazzie

I love the delicate design and image - it is both modern and ethnic. An eye catcher - special

Butterflies are not only gorgeous but also have meaning in most cultures, representing spiritual rebirth, transformation, change, hope, and life.
This charming sterling silver butterfly pin/pendant/brooch with inlaid blue turquoise and jet black makes an ideal gift for someone special.

Weight:10.2 Grams
Dimensions: Pin: 1" x 1.5"
Signed: M

if this is indeed a piece by M Yazzie. Here is more information online about her - from the website https://sites.wustl.edu/budercenter/items/melissa-yazzie/

“Once I turned 18, I left the small ranching community I called home in northwestern Colorado and never looked back. A college admittance essay where I discussed the diasporic experiences I'd observed in immigrant Mexican families in my hometown was the gateway to an education centered on comparative studies in race and ethnicity, a political science major and Spanish minor, and a lifelong curiosity into the interplay of space and place in influencing worldviews and demographics. Leaving the nurturing and powerfully beautiful landscape of home for two decades of urban city living energized a thirst to test my boundaries and meet America.

I'm taking the long route back to my ancestral homelands. Turns out America is captivating and distracting. It's part trustworthy friend but also a deceitful underhanded blemish to all you previously believed. It's all of the honest parts of a Springsteen or Gaslight Anthem song but also the solitary hopefulness of Chester Knight. It interrupts and straps you.

Two-thirds of the way across the country, I'm 1,272 miles from the epicenter of creation and the home of my paternal family. St. Louis is just another stop on the way to permanently right wrongs that'll settle five centuries of storming for my relatives. The only tail lights worth heeding at this point are adorned with turquoise, abalone, jet, and shell.”

It is in good condition with no breaks and damages.

Sterling Silver
Jet Black & Turquoise Inlay Butterfly Pin