Sterling silver in the form of half round and low dome wires were used to fabricate the tapered cuff shank. This material appears to have been commercially prepared, while sheet used to create the stone settings and nicely shaped terminal caps have all the marks of mill rolled ingot. The decorative rain drops were all smelted from clean fragments.
Seven hand-cut natural green to blue green turquoise stones cover the face of this bracelet like an elongated bow. The material with its golden to dark brown matrix is most likely very high grade Royston mine from Nevada. All seven stones were beautifully matched for overall hue, matrix patterning and extraordinary quality.
Description | Sterling silver in the form of half round and low dome wires were used to fabricate the tapered cuff shank. This material appears to have been commercially prepared, while sheet used to create the stone settings and nicely shaped terminal caps have all the marks of mill rolled ingot. The decorative rain drops were all smelted from clean fragments. Seven hand-cut natural green to blue green turquoise stones cover the face of this bracelet like an elongated bow. The material with its golden to dark brown matrix is most likely very high grade Royston mine from Nevada. All seven stones were beautifully matched for overall hue, matrix patterning and extraordinary quality.
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About the Artist | "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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Culture | American Indian, Navajo |
Medium | Sterling silver and natural turquoise |
Troy ounces | 1.85 troy ounces |
Size | Will fit a 6 1/2" wrist. Interior is 5 7/16" length with a 1 3/16" opening. 1" wide at center, tapering to 7/8" at each terminal. |
Date of creation | 1970's |
Condition | Excellent |
Turquoise | Natural high grade Royston turquoise |
Provenance | CP |
Gram weight | 59.5 grams |