Description
6 7/8" Harry H Begay Ingot Silver and coral heavy stamped bracelet. Fits up to a<br>6 7/8" wrist, very well made and substantial bracelet with no issues.<br><br>Harry H. Begay began his jewelry making career in the early 1970s. He is widely<br>recognized as reviving traditional Native American silver smithing by building a<br>piece of jewelry out of ingot sterling silver. He heats the ingot and anneals it<br>prior to hammering out the desired shape. He then pulls the wire to be used in<br>the piece through an iron block with different sized holes to create different<br>gauges. Harry’s work is significant in that the resulting piece is so thick and<br>heavy that it could not have been purchased from sheet and wire at a commercial<br>supply store. This process is so labor intensive that it takes many times longer<br>to create a piece. It is for this reason that he only uses the finest turquoise<br>on the market. This includes the classic mines from Nevada, including Lone<br>Mountain, Pilot Mountain, Red Mountain, Royston, Candelaria, Carico Lake and<br>Godber Burnham. Harry’s contribution is so significant that he ranks as one of<br>the most collectible Navajo silversmiths of the twentieth century. With over<br>forty years of fine jewelry making behind him, we are proud to carry his work in<br>the twilight of his career.<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.
