Navajo
Southwest
1990s
Sterling silver, paw print hallmark
Total circumference 7 3/4 in (19.7 cm), gap 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm), width 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm); 68.97 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Las Cruces, NM
This wide Navajo cuff is worked in silver overlay, with a row of heartline bears standing out against a textured, darkened ground. Each bear carries the traditional spirit line running from the mouth to the heart, the raised silver figures set off by the oxidized background and framed by plain silver borders above and below. Marked with a paw print hallmark, it is a clean contemporary overlay design from the 1990s that relies on the contrast of bright and blackened silver rather than stones.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo
Southwest
1990s
Sterling silver, paw print hallmark
Total circumference 7 3/4 in (19.7 cm), gap 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm), width 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm); 68.97 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Las Cruces, NM
This wide Navajo cuff is worked in silver overlay, with a row of heartline bears standing out against a textured, darkened ground. Each bear carries the traditional spirit line running from the mouth to the heart, the raised silver figures set off by the oxidized background and framed by plain silver borders above and below. Marked with a paw print hallmark, it is a clean contemporary overlay design from the 1990s that relies on the contrast of bright and blackened silver rather than stones.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
