Arland Ben

Arland has created this fine ring in honor of the Buffalo. He has intricately cut the design out of solid 14 karat gold and overlaid it at the bottom of...

This bracelet is one of Arland’s most beautiful. He has chosen to set the piece with an incredible large and distinctive turquoise from the Blue Moon mine located near Tonopah,...

This fine wide cuff was made entirely out of old American silver dollars. The bracelet has substantial weight with a lovely patina found only with the use of coin sterling...

With his collection of historic stamps, Arland creates some of the finest revival bracelets made in the southwest. The shank is hand rolled out of ingot sterling silver. A beautiful...

Without a doubt, this is one of Navajo jeweler Arland Ben's greatest and most beautiful bolos. At the top of the bolo are solid 14 karat gold shooting stars, a crescent moon and a man and woman holding hands next to a sterling lightning bolt that separates an elk figure, two stars and the mountains. Beneath is a massive 98 carat gem grade natural Candelaria turquoise cabochon. The blue of the gem is electric with flexes of deep black and reddish-brown spiderweb wispy matrix. This is the gem grade and is virtually unknown in this size today. Candelaria of this quality ranks with the finest mined in the Southwest. Below the gem on one side is a golden star, wind in a swirl, mountains and hand for healing. Separating the symbols is a second sterling lightning bolt with a hand for friendship, two stars and shooting star design on the right. Overlaid on the sliders is a 14 karat gold hands of man on one and a swirl of wind on the other. The fine tips feature a golden mountain, wind swirl, and two stars. On the other is a mirrored mountain, a hand, crescent moon and star. This stunning bolo features a fine hand made black woven bolo cord as well.

This is Arland Ben's great masterpiece "ode to the cowboy". As if he aspired to be a painter in gold and sterling silver, Arland places a string of engraved flowers and vines on each side of the bolo. Two of the flowers on each side are solid 14 karat gold with natural rubies set flush. Framed between are the mountains with birds above. Next to the mountains is the chasm. Rising below are the mesas. Riding through this paradise is the bearded cowboy twirling his lasso. A golden figure in the desert chases four cattle amongst the mesquite and the cactus. On the sliders sit two gold shooting stars with bright red rubies in each. Below the sliders are superlative tips, each with a gold cross and spur that rotates. This is one of a kind. Western folk art at its finest! Arland at the peak of his creative brilliance.