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Tufa Cast Butterfly Form Silver & Turquoise Buckle

Navajo

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Title: Tufa Cast Butterfly Form Silver & Turquoise Buckle
Artist: Navajo
Medium: Silver and natural turquoise
Troy ounces: 3.10 troy ounces
Size: 3 1/2" length left to right X 2 1/2" height (top to bottom)
Signed: "JC" but did not locate specific mention of this artist
Date of creation: 1950's
Condition: Excellent
Turquoise: Natural blue green turquoise with very little matrix, most likely from Arizona or New Mexico
Provenance: KW
Gram weight: 96.2 grams; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The Tufa Cast Butterfly Form Silver & Turquoise Buckle

The hinged bar and tooth are hand made, as is the bezel enclosing the triangulate turquoise stone. Sheet silver behind the stone is rolled from ingot. This piece is 100% old method hand-crafted. Its silver content is 100%.

Butterfly forms are a symbol of life. This buckle also has a double squash blossom within the form.

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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