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6 5/8" Robert Chee Tufa Cast Sterling Carrico Lake turquoise bracelet.<br><br>Robert Chee is a Navajo from the famous Manuelito Trading Post, New Mexico area<br>where much of the finest Navajo rug weaving is done. And now most of the weavers<br>have passed on, and it is rare to see the next generation weaving. Robert<br>specializes in traditional jewelry, and he excels in silver casting and stamp<br>work.<br><br>Robert’s father worked for the trading post as a silversmith, the old Mike Kirk<br>Trading Post. He has fond memories of growing up there, lots of hiking in the<br>mountains, arroyos, and they would also ride horses.<br><br>He is related to famous Navajo jeweler Harry Morgan, his first cousin, with whom<br>he apprenticed under. They grew up together living under the same roof, and in<br>the early days they lived in a hogan. Their mothers were sisters. The Navajo are<br>a matriarchal society, and he had a strong upbringing in the traditional ways<br>especially due to having 2 mothers.<br><br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.
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