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Up for sale is this fascinating vintage Navajo handcarved silver bear pin brooch pendant necklace with a handcarved silver bail, silver and silver handstampings! Signed by Navajo artist, LE The PIN BROOCH pendant measures around 1″½ x2″inches sterling silver chain measures 20inches long total weight 35.0grams. Clarence Lee Navajo Silversmith. Born in 1952 in Ft. Defiance, AZ, Clarence Lee was the second oldest of six children. His parents, Tom and Emma Rose Lee raised their children in Twin Lakes, NM. Currently, all his siblings work with silver to one degree or another with the exception of a sister who works in the health care system. Clarence learned his craft from his late father Tom Lee who built and owned a Trading Post in Twin Lakes and learned how to make silver jewelry to supplement his income when business at the Trading Post was slow. Tom Lee fought in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, was a POW for four years and a survivor of the infamous Death March of Bataan. He later became New Mexico’s first Native American State Senator. Clarence’s mother, Emma was recognized in her own right as the maker of the first Navajo Nation Flag.