Navajo? Slave Bracelet help

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infoseeker1957
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Navajo? Slave Bracelet help

Postby infoseeker1957 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:03 pm

Any info on this type of jewelry, age, tribal affiliation or artisan would be appreciated. Hallmarks are Sterling and a large Y. Thanks.

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2209patrick
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Re: Navajo? Slave Bracelet help

Postby 2209patrick » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:29 pm

Hello.

That's probably Yazzie Johnson, a Navajo silversmith.

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Re: Navajo? Slave Bracelet help

Postby ValkyrieVixen » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:50 pm

That doesn't look like the work done by Yazzie Johnson. Single letter marks are extremely hard to ID and I've been finding them a lot on Southwestern pieces made to look NA.
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