**Originally Listed At $600**

Native American, southwest United States, Navajo, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful silver bracelet cuff, featuring an openwork, floral design with a large turquoise inlay at the center. The brilliant, ovoid turquoise is surrounded by a rope motif border from which the petals of the flower radiate. . The silver was made by sandcasting, a technique that dates to the mid-seventeenth century CE. Using a special type of sand with a clay-like consistency, a mold is created in two halves and fastened together; molten silver is poured into the mold and allowed to cool into its form. This leaves the silver with a matte finish and antique look; the technique is very difficult to master but is known to have been done by certain highly skilled Navajo artisans. Size: 2.3" L x 2" W x 2.1" H (5.8 cm x 5.1 cm x 5.3 cm); of wrist opening: 1" W (2.5 cm); of interior: 1.4" L x 2" W (3.6 cm x 5.1 cm); silver quality: 93.67%; weight: 73.1 grams

Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, acquired in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA in the 1960s

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#180424

Some light surface wear as shown, but otherwise, intact, excellent, and wearable with slight patina to areas.