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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1555   CAS 0370-1555; Bracelet
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bracelet
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Paul Saufkie (1904-1998)
Date of Manufacture November 1953
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Wide band bracelet with an overlay design of a central parrot figure, flanked at either end by a geometric triangular fret design (design is connected at one point as result of miscalculation by artist); Snow cloud hallmark (Paul Saufkie) is stamped twice on reverse at center.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.0, Depth = 4.5, Max Diam = 6.1