Bracelet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3207/12

Bracelet made of coin silver with large turquoise stone. Cuff is oval in shape, open at back, and widens broadly at front where three horizontal bars hold small plates of stamped design on either side of the oval green and brown turquoise piece at front. Silver balls are used as further embellishment. Arms are stamped with curving lines, small arrows, and gammadion crosses.

  • Narrative

    The donor's mother purchased the bracelet in 1935, from a man in Phoenix who had previously operated a trading post on the Navajo reservation.


  • Type of Item bracelet
  • Culture Navajo
  • Material turquoise mineral, sliver metal
  • Measurements height 3.7 cm, width 6.0 cm, depth 5.2 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Sharon J. Proctor
  • Received from Sharon J. Proctor

  • Made in Arizona

  • Creation Date before 1935
  • Collection Date during 1935
  • Ownership Date before November 9, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on November 9, 2016

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3207/0012