These two guard bracelets are made from ingot and were originally purchased by Minnie Argyle Smith Noble, born in 1865. She moved to South Dakota after graduating from Oberlin College and married in SD in 1890, where she acquired these two bracelets and, somewhat later, the wide cuff below (left). (Mrs Noble passed away in 1961 at age 96 and we acquired these from her grand-daughter.) 1/4 inch wide, each measure 5.75 inches with a 1+ inch opening. $875 each.

This pair of Navajo earrings with turquoise drop dangles (and a screwback top which can be converted, probably date to the 1950s. Just under 2 inches long (not including the button top) they are priced at $250.

This very heavy cuff (just a little shy of 4 ounces) was made in the early 1900s. 1.5 inches wide with an opening of just over an inch. $900.

Many Hopi katsinas, like the Tasaf katsina, wear what is commonly referred to as a Navajo medicine pouch. Some are actual pouches while others are made by the Hopi and designed to look like one without necessarily being functional. This one, which dates to around the 1940s is such a katsina dancer accessory. $1100. An unusual find.

This vintage navajo cuff (2.75 inches across at the widest point) is set with an amazing piece of natural turquoise from the Blue Gem Mine in Nevada. There are no discernable cracks or even fracture lines. $1600

The Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe opened an exhibit last year on this type of necklace. Starting in the Depression Era, these were made for tourists and others passing through on the train. During WWII, many were sold to soldiers passing through on the train, who then sent them home to mothers, wives, and sweethearts. The mosaic is turquoise, red plastic, and backed on automobile battery casings. The pendants are strung on beads made of gypsum which the Indians of that pueblo mined a short distance away. This particular piece came with a few pieces of the red and white plastic missing so we gave it Isaiah Calabaza of Santo Domingo Pueblo to figure out what to use to repair it. His grandfather saw it laying on the workbench and said "hey - I still have some of that in my toolbox - use that" and sure enough he still had dozens of fragments from many decades ago when he used to make them. This very fine example is $450. (SOLD)

^ A classic Zuni inlaid Rainbow dancer necklace made by the Quam family around 1960. Based upon some small inclusions of pyrite we are pretty confident that the turquoise is from the Morenci Mine. The smaller Rainbow dancers are 1.75 inches across while the glorious one at the bottom is 3.5 inches across. $4500. (It comes with matching clips earrings that are 1 3/8 inch long.)

This vintage thunderbird pin was probably made in te 1940s. Set with turquoise form the Blue Gem Mine, it has a wingspan of 4.5 inches. $150.

This buckle is from the same era and set with the same turquoise as the bracelet at left. Just under 2.75x1.25", made for a 3/4" belt. $275

Just over .5" wide, this bracelet dates from the 1950s and is set with nugget turquoise from the Burnham/Dry Creek/Godbers Mine in Nevada. It's been many decades since this mine was operating. $275

This Navajo stampwork and hollowware bracelet was made in the 1960s/early 1970s. 1.5 inches wide, it fits a small-to-medium ladies' wrist. $475.

Very much in the Patania Shop style, but not signed, this was originally a concha from a belt, is currently a pin and can be made into a buckle (gratis). 2.5 by 3 inches. $525.

This great Navajo ring is set with some beautiful turquoise from the Morenci Mine (the stone idoes have a fracture line). It dates to the 1950s and is about a size 10. (It can, of course, be sized.) The ring is almost 1.25 inches long. $240.

A Navajo Ke'toh, or bowguard. 4.25" x just over 2.5". This sandcast bowguard is set with a piece of natural, very good quality, persian turquoise. Made in the 1970's, it's priced at $600

A 1930's or 40's vintage classic Navajo bracelet set with blue gem turquoise (1 cracked stone). (5.25" with a 1" opening) Delicately executed it measures .5" wide. $400

This 30's vintage Navajo bracelet made for a small wrist measures 5.25" with a 1" opening. It is just under .5" wide, and set with 5 very good quality natural blue gem turquoise - with no fracture lines. $400

An older bracelet (circa 1930) set with natural turquoise from Nevada.1 1/8 inch wide. 5.75 inches with a 1.25 inch opening. $375.

These Zuni cluster earrings are still on the original card! Though I'm afraid we can't honor the $3 price tag on the back, they were made sometime in the 1950's, and are SOLD

Though it appears to be much older, this bracelet is from the 1940s. Set with a range of turquoise, it is 1.75" wide, and $425

a Hopi overlay maze pin by Lawrence Saufkie (d) with a hand made chain. 2.75" diameter $600

This bracelet was made of twisted hand-drawn square wire and ingot silver. Remarkably, this are hand-cut turquoise using a slab of sandstone on which to grind and shape the turquoise. If you look closely you can still see the faint striations on the surface of some of the stones from when they were ground flat. It is 3/8 inch wide, 5.5 inches across with a 1 inch opening. It dates from somewhere between 1900 and 1920 and we have a little background on the lady who purchased it sometime in the 1940s. $1475.

This cluster bracelet dates to around 1930, when both Navajo and Zuni were making this style of work.   It measures 1.9 inches across at the widest part.   $1100.

The Zuni Knife Wing dancer has long been a popular motif in Zuni jewelry. Called Atchialahtopha or Knife-Feathered Being in Zuni, it began to be used in Zuni inlaid jewelry in the 1930s. Based upon the silver work, the bracelet probably dates to the 1940s while the ring is more likely from the 1950s. The ring is 1.5 inches tall and $275. The bracelet is $675 and1 5/8 inch wide. It measures 5 1/8 with a 1 1/8 opening. None of the inlay on either piece is cracked nor does any of it show signs of repair.