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Mon, Mar 6, 2023 02:00AM EST - Fri, Mar 10, 2023 03:00PM EST
Lot 83

Navajo Raymond Begay Tufa Cast Sterling Bracelet

Estimate: $650 - $1,000

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For your consideration is this amazing Tufa cast sterling cuff bracelet from the renowned Navajo silversmith, Raymond Begay. The bracelet has a heavy sterling silver construction and is stamped, “Sterling Ray B”on the inside. The bracelet is made using the very unique Tufa casting method, a method used by some of the first Navajo silver makers in the 1870s. 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 that has slight stamping an effigy of a Native American on horseback, a cactus, a bison and a hand with two zigzagging arrows on either side of the bracelet. The bracelet is in good condition with no signs of damage or wear. The bracelet is 1" wide and has an inside circumference of approximately 7". The bracelet weighs 55.6 grams.*