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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN BRACELETS: GROUP J
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Pre 1980 item# 546714 (stock# BB.JWL.J)
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This impressive group of twelve illustrates individually photographed and priced Native American silver bracelets (BB77, 83, 85, 86, 96, 98-100, 102, 104, 106 and 108) from the southwest pueblo areas. From the estate of Billy Branch of Denver, bracelet styles include: inlays, petit-point, bar, kachina overlay, etc. Materials represented include: turquoise, shell, jet, lapis lazuli, and coral. Each photograph is annotated with the following information. First, in brackets, is the unique inventory ...click for details
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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN NECKLACES: GROUP E
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Pre 1980 item# 545609 (stock# BB.JWL.E)
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This group illustrates twelve fine, individually priced Native American necklaces (BB150, 151, 153-155, 167, 171-173, 175, 177 and 180), all from the estate of the late Billy Branch of Denver. Dating from the middle to the later 20th century, the necklaces comprise a variety of styles from silversmiths of the southwestern pueblos. A few of the necklaces are hallmarked with the names or signs of the individuals that made them. In overall very good to excellent condition and ready to be worn, ther ...click for details
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AFRICAN TRADE BEADS: CHEVRON & RUSSIAN BLUE
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Pre 1900 item# 727872 (stock# LFG.416.424)
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$150.00 EACH
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From the collection of anthropologist and former southwestern primitive arts dealer Lorenzo Gordon Fritz, the two individually priced strands of African trade beads are the same types that were traded to the North American tribes in the later 1800s to early 1900s period. Both in very good condition with a few dings, nicks and stain, and good representative examples of the type, the Chevron bead necklace (LFG416) is 21” in length with 69 four-layer beads plus one six layer bead, while the Russian ...click for details
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SUPERB TURQUOISE AND SILVER NAVAJO CUFF
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Pre 1980 item# 520516 (stock# BB.087)
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$575.00
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This superb Native American made, relatively heavy silver cuff (BB87) with wonderfully matched, deeper blue turquoise oval and round stones and silver shot is, as you should now guess, from the estate of Denver’s late Billy Branch. Doubly stamped on its inner surface with the notation ‘sterling’ and commented to in Billy’s notes as being a ‘pawn’ piece, the bracelet (believed to be mid-20th century in age) is in excellent condition and most wearable with today’s popular styling. Measuring just s ...click for details
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OLD PAWN PETTI-POINT TURQUOISE BRACELET
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Pre 1980 item# 520514 (stock# BB.081)
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$575.00
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Mounted on a silver, three-bar bracelet frame, the large roped medallion with gorgeous, deep blue petti-point turquoise (BB81) has the scratched initials on its back ‘EY’ (possibly one of the Navajo Yazzie family?). In overall very good condition, with six of the stones chipped and/or cracked from wear (but none loose in their settings), this fine Native American made bracelet was noted to be ‘pawn’ by its previous owner, the late Billy Branch of Denver, and is believed to date into the middle o ...click for details
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OLD BISBEE TURQUOISE AND SILVER BRACELET
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Pre 1980 item# 520294 (stock# BB.080)
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$1125.00
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From the fine collection of the late Billy Branch, this middle-20th century pawn silver bracelet (BB80) has a huge, irregularly shaped, spider-webbed turquoise slab that was identified by the late owner as ‘Bisbee Cloud’ turquoise. In a shadow-box setting, centered on four bars with scattered bars of silver shot, and highlighted with feather appliques on either side, the bracelet is unsigned but believed to be of either Navajo or Zuni origin. The greatest dimension of the turquoise is 1 7/8”. Th ...click for details
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LARGE EAGLE HEAD SILVER BUCKLE WITH GOLD WASH
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Pre 1980 item# 521518 (stock# BB.135)
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$450.00
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This impressive 3 ½” tall eagle’s head silver buckle (BB135) was noted by its late owner, Billy Branch of Denver, to be Navajo ‘old pawn’. Believed to date into the mid-20th century, the beak of the eagle is covered with a gold wash, and its one piercing, disk-shaped golden eye is centered with a small button of polished jet. A unique, soldered, raised touch mark on the back of the buckle has the word ‘STUMP’ floating over the image of a tree stump. A handsome Native American buckle that will ac ...click for details
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TWELVE AFRICAN GOLD BEADS AND PENDANTS
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Pre 1980 item# 432116 (stock# AFRICAN.A)
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The African gold beads and pendants in this group of 12 (100.78CHD, 100.78FHD, 100.78PHD, 100.78AGHD, 100.78BFHD, 100.78BKHD, 100.78BRHD, 100.78CFHD, 100.78COHD, 101.1FHD, 101.1GHD and 102.44CHD) represent a mixture of Akan and Baule tribal styles dating from the 19th century into the 20th century. Among the various types are tube, disk, and rectangular, all very wearable and can be used either individually or as spacers in complex necklaces. Due to the age of the beads, gold content can range f ...click for details
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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN TURQUOISE RINGS
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Pre 1980 item# 468331 (stock# TEH.RINGS)
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The twelve Native American made rings, each individually priced in this group of twelve (TEH 37-40, 42-45, 68 and 70-72), are all from the estate of the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. Each photo shows first the illustrated ring’s inventory number in brackets, followed by a note on provenance, the age, the length of the top of the ring, the ring size, a note about condition, whether the ring has been signed and, if so, by whom (only one of the group has a touch mark ...click for details
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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN NECKLACES: GROUP F
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Pre 1492 item# 546185 (stock# BB.JWL.F)
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This group of twelve illustrates individually priced Native American necklaces (BB 152, 156, 157, 159, 162, 166, 168, 170, 178, 179, 181 and 184) made by silversmiths and designers from the southwest pueblos. Dating broadly from the middle to the later 20th century, the group includes squash blossom, coral, fetish, graduated bead, an attractive multi-stoned cross, a sharp inlaid butterfly on a chain, and a spectacular large mounted Nevada blue turquoise cab in silver...and other necklaces. From ...click for details
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