Five Stone Ingot Silver Cuff

Navajo

About The Five Stone Ingot Silver Cuff

Handsomely tailored ingot silver cuff, set with 5 natural blue turquoise stones.

The stones are round to slightly oval cabochons, hand cut, selecting material with little and no matrix to tell which mine from which they were excavated.  Very high in quality, extremely hard in a highly desirable color of blue.  "Clear" turquoise (sans matrix) is masculine and represents the sky.

The silver work is quite the sampler of techniques, yet not overdone. The triple shank is all crafted from ingot. The center, flattened rope twist is made of plate-drawn wire, soldered, then hammered. The outer two bands are swedged and stamped on one side creating a scalloped frame for the cuff which tapers and ends in a foot plate. Even the raindrops between the smooth bezel stone settings are delicate and round, melted from bits of silver wire, while the drops (one) at each end of the row of settings are melted then struck with a stamp, forming a neat half sphere with a little lip.

An altogether wonderful creation we are pleased to offer to its next prospective owner!

 

About Navajo

"Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.  They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015.  The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.  Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia

 

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Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Jewelry

Subject

Keywords

Navajo turquoise cuff, Navajo bracelet, turquoise bracelet, Five Stone, Ingot silver cuff