This is a rare, vintage and iconic snake bracelet by renowned Zuni Pueblo silversmith Effie Calavaza (1927-2019, Zuni). The bracelet is crafted from sterling silver, signed and marked and set with Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise with Effie’s unmistakable and renowned “snake” pattern showing the coiling snakes over the Turquoise stone going around the stone with two snake heads having Turquoise snake eyes. Effie C. Calavaza (1927-2019) was a master silversmith born in 1927 in Zuni, New Mexico as Effie Lankeseon. She lived her entire life at Zuni Pueblo. She married Juan Calavaza (1910-1970), who was a renowned silversmith in his own right, and taught her the artform. Until her husbands death in 1970, she signed her own work with her husband’s signature, “JUAN C. -ZUNI”, later signing “EFFIE C. ZUNI", as this piece is correctly signed. Her signature style depicts snakes winding around the central gemstones, typically using the sand-cast silver method. Snakes are an important symbol in Zuni healing and fertility rituals. This bracelet features serrated bezel mountings of 12 Sleeping Beauty cabochons with Effie's signature snake pattern of a snake with inlay turquoise eyes and adorned with silver beads, lobster claw clasp. Effie's hallmark is stamped on the backside of the bracelet, "EFFIE C. ZUNI". The bracelet is in beautiful condition. Measures 9"L, collective weight is 20.6 gms.