Most of the inlaid earrings and shells here are made by one of the Reano family, and they are a large one. Their older sister Angie Reano Owen is the best known; she taught all of them to do inlay, which she based on early Ancient Hohokam jewelry. Earrings are inlaid on moon shells and shells on Pecten shells, in turquoise, spiny oyster, lapis, jet, mother-of-pearl, sugilite and pipestone.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise. Accented with lapis, coral, melo shell and mother-of-pearl shell. They are 1.75 inches long with the wire and 1 inch wide. Inlaid on a moon shell.
Made from Kingman Turquoise, accented with lapis, coral and white MOP shell. Inlaid on a "Moon" shell. they are 1 inch high nd 5/8 inch wide. On a SS post.
The necklace is 19" long. The shell is 2" wide and 3" long with the silver bail. Old Kingman turquoise. The shell is accented with jet, coral and Melo Shell.
Inlaid on moon shell with turquoise and a single red coral , jet or MOP shell center shell. They are 5/8" wide and 7/8" long. They come in either blue or green turquoise.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise with accents of coral, MOP shell, jet and melo shell,. They are 2.75 inches long with the wire and 1/2 inch wide.
The necklace is 23 inches long. The shell is 2" wide and 3" long with the silver bail. Inlaid on a moon shell with coral and accented with Old Kingman turquoise, jet, spiny oyster shell, MOP shell and melo shell.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise accented with lapis, jet, coral, melo shell and mother-of-pearl shell. They are 1.5 inches long with the wire and 1.5 inch wide. Inlaid on a moon shell.
The necklace is 19" long. The shell is 2" wide and 3" long with the silver bail. Kingman turquoise. The shell is accented with jet, MOP shell and spiny oyster shell.
Feather earrings by Charlotte Reano. They are 1.25" long with the post by 1/2" wide. Made from various turquoises, wiith jet ,spiny oyster shell and MOP accents.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise. Accented with coral, lapis and MOP shell. They are 1.75 inches long with the wire and 5/8 inches in wide.
6-7mm lapis nugget beads with a small square bead (1/4 inch inlaid all around) and a large pendant inlaid obn spiney oyster shell with turquoise, coral, MOP shell, and lapis. The pendant is 2 inches long and 1 5/5 inch wide.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise accented with lapis, MOP shell and coral. It is almost 3 inchs in high with the SS bail and 2.5 inches wide. Strung on a clear blue Kingman necklace 5mm beads with an inlaid square bead. 21 inches long.
Inlaid on a moon shell with green Kingman turquoise, accented with jet, serpentine, turquoise and MOP shell accents. It is 2.5" long with the wire and 1/2" wide.
Made with Kingman turquoise. . Inlaid on a moon shell with turquoise accented with lapis, turquoise, MOP shell and coral. 2.25 inches long with the ear wire. 5/8 inch wide.
The necklace is 20 inches lonf. The beads are spiny oyster shell, 7mm in diamter accented with lapis beads and an 1/4" sqaure inlaid bead, The pendant is 2.5 inches in long and 1.5 inches wide. inlaid on both sides with MOP shell, lapis, melo shell, coral and Turquoise on one side and all blue kingman turquoise on the other.
The pectin shell pendant is inlaid with pen shell and accents of turquoise, coral, serpentine and MOP shell. The strand necklace is made from jet stone accented with turquoise, melo shell, pipestone and serpentine. The beads are 4mm in diameter. It is 20 inches long. The shell is 3 inches long with the silver bail and 2.5 inches wide.
9 piece solid inlaid fan is made from jet, lapis. coral and MOP shell on one side and coral , dark-lip MOP shell, lapis and gold-lip MOP shell on the other side. It is 3.5 inches long in the middle and 3 inches wide. The necklace is srung on Lapis beads, 6mm in diameter and 19 inches long with one square bead made from jet, MOP shell and lapis 3/8 inch square and 1/4 inch thick.
These buttons are all different designs. Mostly turquoise with MOP and coral accents. They are inlaid on moon shell. Silver posts. 3/8 inch in diameter. Write for pictures to choose from.
Janalee is the daughter of Frank and Charlene Reano. Just starting out to make earrings. I'm expecting great things in the future. These button earrings are 5/8+ inches in diameter ona SS post.
4mm spiney oyster sehll beads with a small square bead (1/4 inch inlaid all around) and a large pendant inlaid on both side of a full shell with turquoise, coral, MOP shell and lapis. The pendant is 1.2 inches long and 1 inch wide.
Inlaid on a moon shell with Kingman turquoise. Accented with lapis, melo shell and mother-of-pearl shell. They are 1.75 inches long with and 1 inch wide. On a post.
Made from Black lip MOP, accented with turquoise, coral and white MOP shell. Inlaid on a "Moon" shell. they are 3/4 inch higha nd 3/4 inch wide. On a SS post.