Ava Marie Coriz "Cool-Ca-Ya" (1948-2011) - Santo Domingo (Kewa) Contemporary Treasure Necklace with White Howlite Pendant and Jet Bear Fetish Stone, 22" length (J90106-038-010) magento-18569 Purchased at the Alameda Point

Purchased at the Alameda Point Antique Faire in Alameda

The direct translation of Changing Woman's Navajo name is 'Women She Becomes Time and Again

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Ava Marie Coriz "Cool-Ca-Ya" (1948-2011) - Santo Domingo (Kewa) Contemporary Treasure Necklace with White Howlite Pendant and Jet Bear Fetish Stone, 22" length (J90106-038-010) magento-18569 Purchased at the Alameda Point72. 7g, 22" length, 2" x 1. 375" pendant. Stones include turquoise, howlite, spiny oyster, jet, lapis lazuli, jasper, and serpentine. Ava Marie Coriz, of the Santo Domingo Antelope Clan, daughter of Lupe Pena, had been inspired to continue the ancestral tradition of hand making jewelry. She specialized in constructing hand strung and hand ground beaded necklaces. When she was 14, she was taught the fundamentals of working with raw nuggets of various