Navajo
Southwest
1987
Sterling silver, signed
Total circumference 8 in (20.3 cm), gap 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm), width 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm); 116.87 grams
Provenance: Lawrence Hultberg, Oklahoma City, OK
This heavy Navajo cuff is worked in Thomas Curtis's precise filework, with fine parallel lines chased across a smooth, wide silver band. The lines break into a stepped zigzag through the center, a wave design that runs the length of the cuff without any stones. The surface is entirely hand tooled, the pattern cut line by line into the heavy gauge silver.
At just under 117 grams across a 1 1/2 inch width, the cuff is thick and substantial, typical of Curtis's heavy gauge work. The plain polished silver between the chased lines sets off the precision of the tooling. It is signed and dated 1987.
Thomas Curtis Sr., 1942 to 2013, was an award winning Navajo silversmith and self taught master who worked in silver for more than fifty years. Born into a family of silversmiths, he began at the age of twelve and became known for precise hand stamp and file work in heavy gauge silver, forging his own dies from old files. A champion rodeo rider in his early years, he won countless ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market and passed his tools and designs to his daughter, the silversmith Jennifer Curtis.
This bracelet was purchased directly from Thomas Curtis at the 1987 Santa Fe Indian Market, where it received a third prize ribbon. Curtis was recognized as Best in Class at that same 1987 Market.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo
Southwest
1987
Sterling silver, signed
Total circumference 8 in (20.3 cm), gap 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm), width 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm); 116.87 grams
Provenance: Lawrence Hultberg, Oklahoma City, OK
This heavy Navajo cuff is worked in Thomas Curtis's precise filework, with fine parallel lines chased across a smooth, wide silver band. The lines break into a stepped zigzag through the center, a wave design that runs the length of the cuff without any stones. The surface is entirely hand tooled, the pattern cut line by line into the heavy gauge silver.
At just under 117 grams across a 1 1/2 inch width, the cuff is thick and substantial, typical of Curtis's heavy gauge work. The plain polished silver between the chased lines sets off the precision of the tooling. It is signed and dated 1987.
Thomas Curtis Sr., 1942 to 2013, was an award winning Navajo silversmith and self taught master who worked in silver for more than fifty years. Born into a family of silversmiths, he began at the age of twelve and became known for precise hand stamp and file work in heavy gauge silver, forging his own dies from old files. A champion rodeo rider in his early years, he won countless ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market and passed his tools and designs to his daughter, the silversmith Jennifer Curtis.
This bracelet was purchased directly from Thomas Curtis at the 1987 Santa Fe Indian Market, where it received a third prize ribbon. Curtis was recognized as Best in Class at that same 1987 Market.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
