NAVAJO HANDCRAFTED LINK BRACELET ADOBE PUEBLO JEWELRY
Beautiful handcrafted link bracelet. Set in solid sterling silver with genuine hand cut stones. The link bracelet has 9 individual links that measure 1/4" x 5/8". The box clasp and safety chain make it very secure.Each link has its own individual story and the bracelet measures 7" 1/2 in length and will easily fit most wrists. Light weight and easy to wear.
Image: The Pueblo design you see in your piece reflectsthe of the Navajo people’s lifestyle. The scenery is set in New Mexico, near "Shiprock" mountain. This mountain range is a sacred area for the Navajo. The black represents Father sky (everything known) while the pueblos are mother earth (everything known)
Sterling silver (stars and setting): Is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum fineness of 925.
Jet (black elements) is a product of high-pressure decomposition of wood from millions of years ago, commonly the wood of trees. Jet is found in two forms, hard and soft. Hard jet is the result of carbon compression and salt water; soft jet is the result of carbon compression and fresh water. Native American Navajo and Pueblo tribes of New Mexico were using regionally mined jet for jewelry and the ornamentation of weapons when early Spanish explorers reached the area in the 1500’s.Today these jet deposits are known as Acoma jet, for the Acoma Pueblo. Picture Jasper is an opaque, microcrystalline variety of Quartz with extraordinary color banding, veining and depositional flow patterns created by petrified or silicate mud and sometimes dendritic inclusions.