Description
1970's Marcus Coochwykvia Hopi Overlay sterling necklace. 16" total length<br>including the 2.75" center pendants length. 15.9 grams total.<br><br>Marcus Coochwykvia<br><br>(Born circa 1952) A member of the Bear clan, this jeweler marks his jewelry with<br>both his initials and with a bear paw. Marcus Coochiwikvia's Hopi heritage is<br>easily revealed by this dedication to creating extraordinarily well designed<br>overlay work in both gold and silver.<br><br>Trained to make jewelry first by Glen Lucas, then Roy Talahaftewa and through<br>his association with Hopicrafts, Marcus has routinely won Indian market<br>competitions. Rightly, this metal artist is included in all books covering<br>American Indian jewelry.<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.
