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Navajo Copper & Turquoise Bracelet & Buckle

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Jewelry Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Navajo Copper & Turquoise Bracelet & Buckle
Vintage Navajo Bell Trading Post Solid Copper & Turuqoise Cuff Bracelet and Matching Belt Buckle, inside bracelet measures 6.25'' which includes the gap x 2.5''W, buckle measures 2.75''D, hallmarked on both pieces, bracelet weighs 111.2 grams and the buckle weighs 78.3 grams, FYI: ''Vintage Bell Trading Post Corinthian line featured copper and turquoise cuff bracelets and buckles. Bell Trading post was in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Native American Navajo artists hand crafted the Corinthian line from the 1940s to the early 1970s. The Corinthian line was very unique, no two pieces were ever the same, always made with solid copper, and only made by Native Americans in a studio setting, not mass-produced. The turquoise was stabilized, creating a sturdier substance for fashioning this unique jewelry. Molten copper was used to create bezels around each stone and over the front surface creating an ancient hammered look, the finished jewelry was more rustic, with a darkened surface, reminiscent of ancient Greece. The bracelet is Marked Bell, with the Bell symbol and solid copper.''