BackNavajo Silver & Number 8 Turquoise Box - Albert Jake (#36)
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Navajo Jewelry
Handmade Sterling Silver Box set with rare, natural #8 Turquoise
Box - 1 5/8" tall x 6" wide x 4" diameter
Largest Stone - 1 5/8" wide x 7/8" tall
Twin Rocks Private Reserve
A treasure chest to out do all treasure chests. Set with over 500 carats of gem grade #8 turquoise, this silver jewel box is suitable to hold your most collectible collectibles. Albert Jake is the talented and inspired Navajo artist who created this wonderful receptacle. The box is set with nine exquisitely matched examples of softly satin and markedly matrixed #8 turquoise from the famously fabulous turquoise fields of Nevada, USA. This remarkable sterling silver box awaits your treasures and much deserved appreciation.
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About the artist:
Since 1959, Albert Jake has made his home in the beautiful country located about forty miles south of Gallup, New Mexico. He was born at Zuni Pueblo and has resided in the village of Ramah for many years. Albert’s parent taught him the many steps to fine Navajo silverwork which includes both cluster jewelry as well as beautiful stones in classic Navajo settings.
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Silversmithing
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?
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