Lot 325

Navajo Raymond Begay Tufa Cast Sterling Bracelet

Estimate: $400 - $650

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
The lot features an excellent tufa cast sterling silver bracelet or cuff from amazing Navajo Native American Indians silversmith artist, Raymond Begay. The bracelet has a heavy sterling silver construction and is stamped, “Sterling Ray B”. The bracelet is made using the very unique Tufa casting method, a method used by some of the first Navajo silver makers in the 1870’s. Tufa Casting Sterling Silver gives a fine stippled finish, much like Old Pawn jewelry and is widely collectible due to its heavy construction. This bracelet shows Tufa casting with a raw hammered like finish having slight stamping with polished effigy figures including a bear heart line, bear claw paw, and strong southwest blanket like pattern. The bracelet measures overall 7” long inside circumference wrist size including the opening (the opening by itself measures 1 1/8”W) by 1”W.