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6" Mark Chee (Navajo) 1914-1981 carinated silver hand stamped cuff bracelets pr

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6" Mark Chee (Navajo) 1914-1981 carinated silver hand stamped cuff bracelets pr. Solid sterling silver with weights and measurements in pics. Selling this exact pair shown, likely the only matching pair of Mark Chee cuff bracelets in existence. These will fit up to a 6" wrist, the measure 6" inside circumference including the 1 1/8" gaps. Great pair of bracelets from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century, the chance of finding another matching pair of Mark Chee bracelets is pretty much non-existent.

Chee, Mark (1914-1981) Biography
Navajo artist, Mark Chee is among the earliest southwest silversmiths. Mark Chee is known for traditional stamp work and high quality stone settings in unusually heavy silver. He was born in Lukachukai, Arizona around 1900 and was sent to government school at Fort Defiance (a United States government practice during that time) from the age of 10 to the 11thgrade. He is the elder brother of Joe Chee.

He was active during the 1930s through ‘60s. He specialized in heavy silver in old style designs. He began polishing silver in Julius Gans Southwest Art and Crafts shop in Santa Fe for $5.00 a week. He then bought a few tools and used them all his life. He quickly became an accomplished silversmith and was hired as a bench smith at Frank Patanias Thunderbird Shop and later at Al Packards shop on the Santa Fe Plaza. He was also a bench-smith for the Wooden Indian at Embudo, New Mexico.

His hallmark is a stamp of a bird with his last name in the body in Gothic print. There are several versions of this mark but rather than being a separate stamp they may be due to the angle of his strike.
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6" Mark Chee (Navajo) 1914-1981 carinated silver hand stamped cuff bracelets pr. Solid sterling silver with weights and measurements in... Read more

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    6" Mark Chee (Navajo) 1914-1981 carinated silver hand stamped cuff bracelets pr. Solid sterling silver with weights and measurements in pics. Selling this exact pair shown, likely the only matching pair of Mark Chee cuff bracelets in existence. These will fit up to a 6" wrist, the measure 6" inside circumference including the 1 1/8" gaps. Great pair of bracelets from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century, the chance of finding another matching pair of Mark Chee bracelets is pretty much non-existent.

    Chee, Mark (1914-1981) Biography
    Navajo artist, Mark Chee is among the earliest southwest silversmiths. Mark Chee is known for traditional stamp work and high quality stone settings in unusually heavy silver. He was born in Lukachukai, Arizona around 1900 and was sent to government school at Fort Defiance (a United States government practice during that time) from the age of 10 to the 11thgrade. He is the elder brother of Joe Chee.

    He was active during the 1930s through ‘60s. He specialized in heavy silver in old style designs. He began polishing silver in Julius Gans Southwest Art and Crafts shop in Santa Fe for $5.00 a week. He then bought a few tools and used them all his life. He quickly became an accomplished silversmith and was hired as a bench smith at Frank Patanias Thunderbird Shop and later at Al Packards shop on the Santa Fe Plaza. He was also a bench-smith for the Wooden Indian at Embudo, New Mexico.

    His hallmark is a stamp of a bird with his last name in the body in Gothic print. There are several versions of this mark but rather than being a separate stamp they may be due to the angle of his strike.

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