Navajo coral & turquoise bracelet-Pawn

Complete with the red Pawn ticket from Gallup, New Mexico. The bracelet is made of solid sterling silver with genuine turquoise and coral. The 2-stone bracelet measures 1" at its widest point and tapers down to 3/8". It features detailed silver feather work. Measuring 5-1/2" on the inside with a 1" opening. 

PAWN JEWELRY HISTORY: By the 1890’s, traders took advantage of a new market with silversmiths and began selling them tools. Silver jewelry was used as barter on the Reservation where money was practically non-existent. Traders took silver and turquoise jewelry as collateral without giving a specific value to the piece. Any pawn unclaimed after an agreed period of time was considered "dead" and the trader could sell it