{"product_id":"6-5-vintage-vidal-aragon-santo-domingo-sterling-silver-cuff-bracelet","title":"6.5\" vintage Vidal Aragon Santo Domingo sterling silver cuff bracelet","description":"All Cuff bracelets on the Estate Fresh Austin website will have the size wrist they fit (in inches) including the gap at the beginning of the title, there are also many photos in this listing which will show a tape measure inside the bracelet, gap size, width, etc.  The item should also be shown on a scale in the photos.  Hallmarks will be shown, if no attribution is made then please assume it was unresearched due to time limitations.     All items  that are over 40+ years old should have age appropriate wear, more recent items will be extremely clean with no hidden flaws or repairs.   The majority of our business on the (Estate Fresh Austin website) is to high end galleries all over the world, so the items we sell are in gallery condition.  It is extremely common for 1970's and older Native American jewelry to have no markings whatsoever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.5\" vintage Vidal Aragon Santo Domingo sterling silver cuff bracelet.   Tested and guaranteed solid sterling silver.    Circa third quarter of the  20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Santo Domingo Pueblo, Vidal Aragon (1923-2015) translated pueblo life into intricate storyteller jewelry. He became internationally renown for his inventive silver and gold overlay designs. His representations of the elements of nature, animals and pueblo life are symbolic of the Indian way. One symbol refers to “everlasting happiness.” Other common motifs are animals and the tracks they make and the blessing and nourishment of corn. An expert craftsman, Aragon drew each story strip with his saw blade and soldered it to a textured oxidized underlayer to illuminate the images. He often incorporated a trademark gold disk to represent the sun or moon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVidal Aragon learned the overlay technique in the 1930s when he was a student at the Santa Fe Indian School. Before inventing the storyteller jewelry, he experimented with tufa casting and other metalworking techniques. He briefly lived in Scottsdale where he honed his skills as a shop smith. He has fond memories of the time he spent learning ballet as a young man in Phoenix. By the early 1940s, Vidal was already being recognized alongside such prominent smiths as Ambrose Roanhorse and Tom Burnsides for his innovative yet classical designs. Aragon found his true calling though when he began to translate his rich sense of the pueblo way of life into wearable stories, often full of his unique humor. \u003cbr\u003eListed with ExportYourStore.com","brand":"Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52304153182424,"sku":"ssad2af1xdsst87vdas2","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/il_fullxfull.8432492032_hqge.jpg?v=1787724038","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/th\/products\/6-5-vintage-vidal-aragon-santo-domingo-sterling-silver-cuff-bracelet","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}