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13 Stone Cuff with Twisted Wire Framing Lines

Navajo

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Title: 13 Stone Cuff with Twisted Wire Framing Lines
Artist: Navajo
Medium: Sterling silver and natural turquoise
Troy ounces: 1.68 troy ounces
Size: 5 3/8" from end to end is interior measurement with 1 1/16" opening. Maximum width is 1 5/8" tapering to 1/2".
Date of creation: 1930's to 1940's
Condition: Superb !
Turquoise: Natural matrixed deep blue/ green turquoise, possibly Lone Mtn. mine from Nevada
Design: 13 triangulate and pear-shaped slightly "pillowed" domed hand-ct stones, ranging in size from 3/8" X 3/16" to 1/2" X 5/16".
Provenance: Consigned by MW
Gram weight: 52.2 grams; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The 13 Stone Cuff with Twisted Wire Framing Lines

This beautiful sterling silver cuff is dressed with a mosaic of bezel set natural deep blue turquoise cabochons. Carefully interspersed with silver drops, some stamped and some not, they seem to dance against their dark silver background.

This breathtaking piece bears no mark though the shape and stamp decorated carinated ingot frames are identical to pieces produced by both Navajo and Zuni's working for C.G. Wallace from the middle 1930's to post War 40's.

The collection from which this bracelet came also included the stunning Eskie Tsosie squash blossom necklace Savvy Collector is proud to offer-- giving the time frame and describing the quality of this particular gathering as a whole. Eskie Tsosie was one of C. G. Wallace's cadre of top artists offered in the November 1975 Phoenix auction. That quality is abundantly present in this stellar wrist decoration. By itself a work of art, this bracelet comes to life on its wearer--complimenting but never "stealing the show".

This is a characteristic of the very best Indian jewelry. It becomes a part of its owner and this wonderful cuff is waiting to join some special person for many more years of adventure.

Turquoise with matrix is a symbol of water and earth. "Female turquoise" is matrixed.

About Navajo

The Navajo were the first of the Native Americans of the Southwest to learn silversmithing from the Spanish. Most Navajo jewelry emphasizes silver, with turquoise stones used as an accent. Some pieces are cast in sand or tufa molds, while others are hammered, using a male stamp and a female die.

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