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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1545   CAS 0370-1545; Bracelet
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bracelet
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Community: Pine Springs
Maker's Name Tom Burnside (1911-1957)
Date of Manufacture late 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Sand cast bracelet of openwork form, consisting of overlapping leaf forms carved in mirror images of each other and joined only at their ends; Two halves of bracelet are widely separated in center and not joined, which is atypical of sand cast work; Bracelet is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.0, Depth = 4.9, Max Diam = 6.6