Navajo Silver Bracelet with Five Turquoise Stones [SOLD]

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Artist Unknown
  • Category: Bracelets
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size:
    5-1/4” inside end-to-end;
    1-1/8” opening; ¾” width
  • Item # C3864.22
  • SOLD

Five blue and copper turquoise stones are beautifully arranged as the center pieces of this silver bracelet.  The three center stones are arranged with the maximum diameter in a vertical position and the outer two are arranged with the maximum diameter in a horizontal position. 

 

The Navajo Silver Bracelet with Five Turquoise Stones was formed from two silver bars and a single silver twisted wire as the foundation.  It appears to date from the mid-1950s.

 

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: from a family in Santa Fe

Recommended Reading: Ray Manley's Collecting Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts by Ray Manley

Artist Unknown
  • Category: Bracelets
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size:
    5-1/4” inside end-to-end;
    1-1/8” opening; ¾” width
  • Item # C3864.22
  • SOLD

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