Head of the family Grandmother takes good care of all the members making sure everyone is at peace. Chad Quandelacy's mosaic Grandmother is carved from turquoise. She holds a vessel, perhaps a water-carrying olla pottery jar that's nicely carved into the stone and set with turquoise accents. Facial features are from overlaid turquoise etched and filled with jet paste. An exciting mosaic inlay is from rare sugilite, vibrant lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, colorful spiny oyster shell, jet and cheery turquoise. Including the jet base, dimensions are approximately 1 3/4" tall, 1" wide and 1/2" deep.
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