Ithaca Peak Turquoise and Tufa-Cast Bracelet
Artist: Unknown Artist
Size: 5 1/2" with 1 3/8" opening
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Ithaca Peak turquoise hails from the Cerbat Mountains, a part of the Mineral Park mining district near Kingman, Arizona. It is known for its distinctive sky-blue color. An unknown Navajo silversmith used these bright stones to highlight his tufa-cast bracelet. A clear channel is cut in the center of the bracelet, separating the top-mounted turquoise from the peaked designs on the bottom.
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Unknown Artist
See full biography | See all items by Unknown ArtistPrecious Stones
Turquoise; Precious stones have symbolic implications. For example, turquoise if a "collective term for all the precious stones, wealth, or mixed offerings. Good fortune is attributed to this stone." Both white shell and turquoise are emphasized in Kinaalda?
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Silversmith Work
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?
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