PERRY SHORTY NAVAJO COIN SILVER BRACELET with FOX TURQUOISE

Description

Offered is a coin silver bracelet with a hand cut natural fox turquoise stone by Navajo Perry Shorty. It is in excellent condition. This bracelet's inside measurement is 5.75 inches tip to tip plus there is an additional 1.5 inch gap for a total wearing size of 7.25 inches. The maximum height is .75 of an inch. Weight is 52.9 grams. The inside is stamped P. Shorty, Coin Silver.
There is a reason that every year at Santa Fe's Indian Market Perry Shorty sells out almost immediately. Born in 1964 in Ganado, Arizona, he has stated: "I try to keep things simple. The old smiths didn't have a lot of tools and materials to work with, and I like doing it their way." His hand-forged jewelry is made from melted U.S. Barber coins. They are made in the style of Navajo jewelry from 1880-1940. Perry Shorty is a master of very precise stampwork. His pieces are seen as elegant simplicity but his jewelry making techniques are quite complex.