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Carved Mudhead Silver Cuff

Peter Etsate

Carved Mudhead Silver Cuff, Jewelry by Peter Etsate

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  • Etsate jewelry
  • Zuni mudhead
  • Zuni cuff
  • Mudhead_hands_2_thumb
  • Mudhead_bracelet_3_thumb
Cultures

American Indian, Zuni

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Jewelry

Subject

American Indians

Keywords

Peter Etsate, Etsate jewelry, Zuni mudhead, Zuni cuff

Savvy Price $4,800.00
Gallery Price $6,000.00
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Title
Carved Mudhead Silver Cuff
Artist
Peter Etsate
Medium
Sterling silver and natural turquoise and coral
Troy ounces
3.55 troy ounces
Size
Maximum width of the cuff is 1 19/32". End to end interior measurement is 5 3/16" with a 1" opening.
Signed
No
Date of creation
Late 1970's
Condition
Perfect
Turquoise
Natural Nevada turquoise deep blue-green to teal in color. Coral is Mediterranean ripe tomato red.
Provenance
Consigned by a jewelry maven in North Scottsdale BG
Gram weight
138.00 grams
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About The Carved Mudhead Silver Cuff

As this cuff so closely resembles a bracelet in the Heard Museum's collection created by Preston Monongye, it was originally believed that it was also made by Preston.  Instead a Zuni lapidarist who worked for and with Preston Monongye, Peter Etsate is credited as having made this wearable sculpture.

Designed to be worn on either wrist, this bracelet is shaped by the maker, so that the legs are always facing toward the wearer and the mudhead is facing the wearer while draped across the wrist.

The diagonal carved bands of the heavy textured background has a wonderful patina, giving even more life to the piece and its subject. A tufa stone was hand carved and then used as a casting mold.

Handsome and rare, the other piece resembling this one, which can be used to reference this one is on page 17 of Barton Wright's Hallmarks of the Southwest (Heard Museum collection).

 

 

 

 

About Peter Etsate

Peter Etsate was a twentieth century Zuni lapidarist who was Preston Monongye's last studio assistant in Arizona, working for Preston during the last two years of the 1970's. This highly talented gentleman is deceased.

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