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MAGNIFICENT Navajo Cuff Bracelet Sterling Silver John Nelson Kokopelli
It features a solid silver cuff with carefully hand carved kokopellis! Add it to your collection today! The width of the bracelet measures around 12mm Signed by Navajo artist, John Nelson Sterling silver, marked. The inside end to end measures around 5-7/8″ with an additional 1-“? Gap. Sturdy 29.8 grams. John Nelson is Navajo and was born in Winslow Arizona he has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. He has 3 children and 4 grand-children. He enjoys being outside and especially loves going to garage sales and the flea market. He moved to Albuquerque at a young age and later attended the Albuquerque Indian School. That’s where a good friend in high school taught him how to do silver work. He has been working with silver and turquoise since the 70’s. He’s even had some of his inlay work featured it the Arizona Highway magazine. He signs his work J Nelson. He’s even had some of his inlay work featured in the Arizona Highway magazine.
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Navajo Red Mountain TURQUOISE Shell Heishi Kokopelli Sterling Silver Necklace
DESCRIPTION: This breathtaking necklace features five strands of red Mountain turquoise spaced and finished with brown shell heishi along with sterling silver end cones, links, and clasp. Resting at the bottom a exquisite 12k gold filled sterling silver kokopelli pendant with a lovely turquoise gorgeous necklace will be a valuable addition to your collection of fine Southwestern and Native American jewelry. MEASUREMENTS: Necklace measures 27″ end to end kokopelli pendant is 2″ΒΌ tall with bale total WEIGHT: 73.0 grams. A Brief History on Red Mountain Turquoise. The Red Mountain Turquoise Mine is located in Lander County, Nevada. This mine has produced a large quantity of graded natural Turquoise and the best Red Mountain Turquoise rivals some of the high quality Turquoise produced by the best mines in the Southwest. Red Mountain Turquoise with its intricate often red spider web matrix is usually cut into Red Mountain Spiderweb Turquoise Cabochons and set in the finest gold and silver American Indian jewelry. The spider web Turquoise from the Red Mountain Turquoise mine is some of the finest, only compared with the likes of Blue Wind, Number Eight, Lone Mountain, Darling Darlene, Indian Mountain and Lander Blue. This stone has been used in many fine Turquoise Jewelry. Pieces both gold and silver by many famous artists.