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TUFA. CAST Unique Native American, Bracelet by Steve LaRance - $1,500 (Palm Springs)
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Spectacular and unique tick and heavy bracelet by award winning Hopi Pueblo silversmith.
This bracelet is a great piece from Native American Artist Steve LaRance
Originality warranted, no reprductions of design or piece.....you will get the tufa, (compacted ashes stone) used in the casting process of its creation.
The Diagonal Maze design is unique and highly dynamic here, very fine hand sawed.
The design around the Maze is hand incised. He prepare and compress the ashes, pour the liquid silver that I brought to his Shop/studio and latter, did the cleaning and texture right in front of me back in 2005.
Native tribes in the Southwest have been creating ornamental jewelry for many hundreds of years.
Before the Spanish ever arrived, these tribal artists had mastered the art of heishi bead rolling and lapidary.
However, it was not until the 1800s that they learned to work metal from Mexican smiths.
The Navajos were the first tribe to cast silver jewelry in the late 1870s and the technique spread to the Zuni and Hopi tribes by 1890.
Hard to see this special piece to go, but sure will be. literaly in excellent hands.
This is aCash and direct sale, Delivery in person in Palm Springs.
If Ad is up this unique original tufa Native American brazelete is still available.
Tufa stone is a compressed volcanic ash material that is found on the Navajo reservation. It is easier to carve than sandstone and its porous surface leaves a unique texture once the metal has cooled.
Tufa casting is a labor-intensive process involving many steps 👇👇👇👇
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