Navajo multicolored cuff

Handcrafted by Navajo artsist Murphy Platero. Made of solid sterling silver wtih genuine stones and shells. Featuring detailed stamping throughtout along with colorful orange & purple spiny oyster shell and Sonoran Gold turquoise. This is a traditioinaly styled piece that refelcts the craftsmanship this artist is known for. The bracelet measures 1-1/4" in width with an inside measurement of 5-1/2" and a opening of 1-1/4". Easily sized to fit most wrists.

Artist: MP = Murphy Platero / Murphy in his mid 50’s and lives outside of Albuquerque New Mexico. He specializes in unique settings that showcase the stones, as he believes that the stones are the essence of the jewelry. He is also known for his signature stone placement designs giving each one of his creations their own style. His family has a long history of making jewelry.

Stones: Sonoran Gold Canyon Turquoise is an interesting turquoise from Senora, Mexico, near Nogales, Arizona, and its neighbor: Nogales, Mexico, which is the northernmost point in all of Mexico. The series of mines bearing this name are on several sites contingent to the American border. Very little hard natural material has been mined here. Most has needed stabilizing to be useful. The high-grade natural material is a medium blue or often medium lime green to darker green. This is usually accompanied by iron pyrite, or brown matrix. 

Shells: (Spiny Oyster Shell (orange & purple colors) Living Spondylus shells are, indeed, very spiny, but the polished product looks very smooth the most used Spondylid Bivalve shell colors include orange, reds, and purples and may include distinct striations and color variations. In the American Oceans, the Spondylids occur along the North American coasts, as far north as North Carolina, on the Atlantic Coast, and northwestern Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. It develops in waters to South America. The Orange Spiny Oyster occurs in shallow to moderately deep waters, where snorkelers and scuba divers readily harvest them. Purple Spiny Oysters grow in deeper water, making them more difficult to find and harvest.