Navajo, Southwest
Circa 1930
Sterling silver, natural turquoise
Thirteen turquoise stones
This Navajo cuff bracelet dates to circa 1930 and is set with thirteen oval turquoise stones in individual bezels arranged in a single row across the face of the band. The stones are natural turquoise showing the characteristic variation of unenhanced material, a range of blue-green ground with brown and orange matrix visible across multiple stones and are separated by small applied silver balls that punctuate the bezel settings with a repoussé-like rhythm. The shank is formed from triple silver wires soldered together, a construction technique associated with Navajo silversmithing of the early 20th century that gives the bracelet both structural strength and visual detail on the interior face.
The overall form is a wide cuff with a generous gap, wearable and substantial in hand. The combination of the long stone row, the applied silver ball detailing, and the triple-wire shank places this bracelet within the classic Navajo jewelry vocabulary of the interwar period, when smiths were working with natural, unenhanced turquoise and hand-fabricated silver construction before machine-made findings became widespread.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo, Southwest
Circa 1930
Sterling silver, natural turquoise
Thirteen turquoise stones
This Navajo cuff bracelet dates to circa 1930 and is set with thirteen oval turquoise stones in individual bezels arranged in a single row across the face of the band. The stones are natural turquoise showing the characteristic variation of unenhanced material, a range of blue-green ground with brown and orange matrix visible across multiple stones and are separated by small applied silver balls that punctuate the bezel settings with a repoussé-like rhythm. The shank is formed from triple silver wires soldered together, a construction technique associated with Navajo silversmithing of the early 20th century that gives the bracelet both structural strength and visual detail on the interior face.
The overall form is a wide cuff with a generous gap, wearable and substantial in hand. The combination of the long stone row, the applied silver ball detailing, and the triple-wire shank places this bracelet within the classic Navajo jewelry vocabulary of the interwar period, when smiths were working with natural, unenhanced turquoise and hand-fabricated silver construction before machine-made findings became widespread.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
