Stamped silver box with a figure of an olla maiden on top. Figure is inlayed with turquoise, jet, mother of pearl and coral. Feet on the bottom of the box are also stamped silver.

Silverworking began after contact with the Spanish, from whom the Navajo stole and traded. By the 1870s, Navajo silversmiths were making jewelry from silver and learning to set stones, particularly turquoise. The Zunis eventually also began creating silver jewelry and created more delicate and detailed designs with turquoise (Furst and Furst 1982, 37-38).