Turquoise/Native American jewelry

[alanfgag]

aho -- that is a beauty.

+1... very handsome piece.

 

[RJR]

Beautiful.

 

[alanfgag]

Ring by Art Tafoya

Art is still working today... when asked about the stone used for this ring (I purchased it at auction) he said that it was sold to him as Blue Wind - a small mine in Lander Counter, Nevada. The ring is quite large and heavy but I'm enjoying wearing it.

 

[alanfgag]

Ring with No.8 Mine turquoise stone by Mark Chee

 

[kyboots]

Quite beautiful thanks for showing.

 

[aho]

Excellent rings! Particularly like the clarity of that #8 stone

 

[fiftyforfifty]

Beautiful rings with great stones.

 

[BobHufford]

Old baby rings from a small town (Cabool, MO) swapmeet. Only $2.00 for all.

 

[BobHufford]

Was in Santa Fe last week. Picked up this cuff from Rodey Lee Guerro (Navajo/Dine) on the Portal of the Palace of the Governors on the Plaza.

I was also gifted this bolo from the daughter of the late companion of the late wildlife photographer E.P. Haddon. He wore this exclusively during the last twenty years of his almost 100-year life. I'm very honored to have it.

The artist was Vidal Aragon (Santo Domingo) who passed away ealier this year.

Here is EP in 1939 and many years later.

 

[Bamaboots]

Don't know what to say, Bob. I guess WOW will have to suffice.

 

[alanfgag]

Beautiful new additions... congratulations!

 

[alanfgag]

Here is a forged and beautifully stamped cuff by Mark Chee (1914-1981) made somewhere in the middle of the twentieth century. The style references the stamped cuffs that were popular during the tourist era (example below), though Chee's interpretation is four times the weight and cost.

 

[BobHufford]

Thanks all.

Alan -- I'm going to have to quote Bamaboots and just say "WOW" to that Chee cuff.

 

[alanfgag]

Photo bump...

 

[RJR]

That single stone is stunning.

 

[alanfgag]

An early Zuni rainbowman dancer ring, perhaps 1920s, which I purchased for my wife.

 

[RJR]

An early Zuni rainbowman dancer ring, perhaps 1920s, which I purchased for my wife.

That piece is beautiful.

 

[alanfgag]

Thank you... I think she likes it.

 

[RBH]

I happened upon this cuff by Navajo silversmith Wilbur Tracy.

 

[alanfgag]

That looks like a nice cuff in a good size.