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Navajo jeweler Kee Yazzie has created this marvelous ring by overlaying two sheets of sterling silver with cutout bear petroglyph designs symbolizing protection and guidance. The ring is set with a gorgeous high grade natural Turquoise Mountain spiderweb gem in a hand chiseled bezel with a deep sky blue hue and dark reddish-brown webbing.
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Santo Domingo Pueblo jeweler Joseph Coriz has created this beautiful overlay sterling silver bracelet. The design is a classic night scene over the pueblo with the kiva as the central focus. Stars are featured prominently over the great kiva with solid 14K gold planets and moon in the night sky.
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Navajo artist Leonard Nez has selected a rare high grade natural turquoise from the now depleted Castle Dome mine in southern Arizona to set in a fine hand chiseled bezel. The gem is a perfect sky blue with golden flecks, the type widely favored by Europeans. It is finely cut in a domed square with simple yet elegant silverwork emphasizing the beauty of the stone.
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Navajo jeweler Herman Smith has picked three outstanding rare gem grade natural spiderweb Cheyenne turquoise cabochons to set in heavy ten gauge ingot sterling silver. The gems are a deep blue-green with golden-chocolate-brown spiderweb matrix. The mine is a small boutique deposit discovered last summer in northern Nevada. Quite often these small deposits are quickly depleted and abandoned yet they produce some of the finest collectible turquoise. Herman finishes the piece by encircling the cabochons with both large and small droplets, hand twisted wire and deep stampwork on the inside and out.
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This exceptional one of a kind concho belt was hand made by award winning Navajo silversmith Terry Martinez. This signature belt was created out of labor intensive heavy hand rolled and hammered sterling silver ingot. The design is traditional second phase and the turquoise is outstanding from the now depleted Candelaria mine in Nevada. With an eye-catching deep sky blue hue and both dark blue and reddish-brown webbing the cabochons are a fine quality addition to the piece making it one of the finest of his career and highly collectible. We have the great privilege of representing Terry Martinez with this piece on page 30 of Dr. Gregory Schaff's definitive new book American Indian Jewelry III: M-Z 2,100 Artist Biographies.
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Navajo jeweler Terry Martinez has selected the finest gem grade natural turquoise from the Kingman mine to create this wonderful mens ring. The gem is an electric sky blue with perfect dark reddish-brown and chocolate webbing. The cabochon is set inside an elegant shadowbox with thick braided wire and a perfect hand chiseled bezel.
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Precision overlay artist Leonard Nez has created one of the great masterpieces of his career. He has selected eighteen exquisite rare gem grade natural Easter Blue spiderweb turquoise cabochons to create this necklace. The gems are sky blue with fine vibrant golden-brown spiderweb matrix distinctive to this mine. This small claim in central Nevada has not been worked in many years. Nine oval gems are set in shadowbox sterling silver. Eight small gems are surrounded in a fine complex feather design. These are attached to each other with a hand made chain. The necklace feeds to two cabochons which create a complex pendant of fine feathers overlayed on sterling silver. The final result is a one of a kind piece suitable for the finest collection.
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Hopi master overlay jeweler Watson Honanie has created this heavy two inch bracelet by overlaying two sheets of sterling silver. The design is so complex that it could have only been made by the finest of silversmiths. Simple and elegant, the bracelet makes a powerful statement on the wrist.
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Navajo artist Leonard Nez has created this amazing pendant by selecting a gorgeous rare gem grade natural Bisbee turquoise cabochon to place in his distinctive signature design. The gem is a deep blue with wispy dark reddish-brown matrix. The setting is unique to Leonard who has pioneered the use of overlaying in layers.
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The dean of Navajo jewelers Orville Tsinnie has created this elegant bracelet out of extra heavy ten gauge sterling silver wire. The shank of the bracelet is deeply stamped using his hand made tools. Made in the 1980s, the piece is highly collectible.
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Navajo jeweler Leonard Nez has created this incredible ring by selecting a rare high grade natural Lone Mountain turquoise to place in sterling silver. Leonard has set the cabochon with a wonderfully unique overlay pattern coinciding with the shape of the stone distinctive to his noted style.
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Navajo artist Geneva Apachito created these beautiful dangle earrings set with rare high grade natural Colorback varascite from Nevada. The stones were skillfully cut into matching tear drop shapes with an olive hue and hints of chocolate matrix. Each cabochon is encircled with hand braided wire with three droplets at the bottom of each earring.
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Navajo artist Tommy Jackson has chosen a perfectly cut square gem grade natural spiny oyster cabochon to set in a heavy gauge sterling silver shank. The spiny oyster is a deep red, found only in the highest grade. A smooth outer lip of silverwork emphasizes the affect of the electric hue of the shell and the shank includes elegant stampwork with deep oxidation.
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Navajo jeweler Albert Nells has created this sleek art deco sterling silver bracelet using his signature step design. Overlayed mesas taper down to both ends of this elegant piece and the detail is brought out with dark oxidation.
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Created by Navajo artist Andy Cadman, these earrings are set with beautifully matched rare high grade natural New Lander spiderweb varascite. The cabochons have an olive background with dark blue and black webbing. Each stone is surrounded with hand twisted wire with five droplets at the bottom of each earring.
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Navajo jeweler Guy Hoskie has picked seven perfectly matched rare high grade natural Concho Springs turquoise cabochons to create this lovely row bracelet. Set in heavy gauge twisted wire, the sky blue cabochons stand up on the wrist beautifully and are separated with sterling silver droplets with fan shaped overlay patterns on either side.
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Navajo jeweler Leonard Nez has created these wonderful beads out of sterling silver. Perfectly matched and designed as and ensemble piece, these beads can fit through a small and delicate pendant bale or be worn by themselves as a great addition to any wardrobe.
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This large and heavy tufa cast bracelet was made in the 1970s. Elegantly simple in design, the jeweler's intent was to set off this rare and unusual natural high grade Number Eight turquoise cabochon. The gem is sky blue with perfect chocolate spiderweb matrix.
The size of the gem is rarely if ever seen on today's market. It could only have been cut when the mine was still producing, most likely in the 1960s. The artist who made the piece is undetermined due to the age but is signed MD on the inside of the piece.
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These gorgeous three stone dangle earrings were created with classic natural Royston turquoise from Nevada by Navajo artist Albert Jake. The cabochons are perfectly matched with wonderful hues of sky blue and hints of reddish-brown matrix. Perfect for everyday wear or to set off a special evening dress.
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Navajo jeweler Gary Reeves has selected a rare gem grade natural Blue Gem turquoise to set In heavy sterling silver. The gem is from a mine that was depleted in the early 1970s. It is an electric sky blue with black chert matrix flecks. Gary created the piece in the late 1980s and was collected because of the unusual size and rarity of the gem. Thunderbird and shell designs are displayed on either side of the band in addition to large star shaped droplets and hand twisted wire encircling the stone.
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