E. KING TURQUOISE SILVER BRACELET CUFF~Navajo DEAD PAWN

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AUTHENTIC NAVAJO DEAD PAWN JEWELRY NATIVE AMERICAN HANDMADE STERLING SILVER & TURQUOISE BRACELET Navajo hand-crafted jewelry Artist Hallmarked: E. KING (Edward King) Sterling Silver 89 grams total weight 3 lovely turquoise cabochons: center stone size 1 1/8" length X 1/2" width (at widest point) AMAZING Sterling details: silver scrolls, leaves, flowers, and clamshells; lovely hand-carving and stamping, hand twisted rope, serrated bezels; EXCELLENT CRAFTSMANSHIP THIS IS TRULY A SHOWPIECE BRACELET! Bracelet dimensions: 1 3/4" tapering to 1 1/4" cuff style band Bracelet size: 7 3/8" including the 1 1/2" opening . Bracelets may be clamped or adjusted slightly to a smaller or larger size PLEASE MEASURE WRIST FIRST! WHAT IS DEAD PAWN? For the Southwestern Native American, pawn refers to the practice of converting art and possessions into income for life's necessities. Pawn can also be items from antiquity, heirloom pieces of handmade jewelry or craft, passed from a family into the public marketplace. Because much of the pawned merchandise is of real day-to-day value in the seller's life, the percentage of pawn that goes unredeemed is small, about five percent. Unclaimed merchandise that remains for sale in a pawn shop after loan expiration is referred to as "dead pawn," and items of dead pawn are among the most highly valued Native read more