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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1602   CAS 0370-1602; Bracelet
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bracelet
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1910-1920
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Turquoise
Description Wrought bracelet with medium-width band with rounded ends; Series of 4 parallel and evenly spaced grooves have been cold chiseled along length of band; Rectangular turquoise stone in plain bezel is mounted on cross-shaped silver plate marked with filed radiating lines and soldered onto center of band; Center ridge and those along outer edges of band are die-stamped with short diagonal line, producing rope-like pattern; Bracelet is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.8, Depth = 5.0, Max Diam = 6.3