Apache Free-form Sterling Silver Bracelet "Visions" [R]

This sterling silver bracelet is comprised of thick silver, weighing 4.5 oz and was formed of varying widths from end to end.  It features petroglyph images on the hand-hammered face.

Jan Loco is a member of the Warm Springs Apache tribe.  She began making jewelry in 1988. She has developed a method of making jewelry without the use of hand tools. After cutting the silver to the desired shape (with heavy-duty poultry scissors or something similar), she hammers it with a specially selected rock until she achieves the texture she desires. This is a laborious task, but she feels it honors her ancestry to use items of nature rather than power tools.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from the collection of a Santa Fe resident