A Bit About The Piece:
Navajo artisan-made cuff bracelet featuring the motif of a stone inlaid hummingbird.
Details, details…
The Stones: Turquoise, Jet, Mother of Pearl, Coral, Sugilite
- 33 pieces of turquoise
- 26 petit point cabochon cuts (outside decoration)
- average petit point measurements: 9.3mm x 3.35mm and 6.5mm x 3.1mm
- 7 inlay pieces
- origin: Sleeping Beauty Mine, Arizona
- natural color
- likely stabilized
- 2 polished jet inlay pieces (bird’s wings and tail feathers)
- 2 polished mother of pearl inlay piece (bird’s body)
- 3 polished coral inlay pieces (bird’s body and flower bulbs)
- 1 polished sugilite inlay piece (flower)
- bird height, from tail to tip of wings: 25.82mm (~1″)
The Setting: Handmade Petit Point and Inlaid-Set Cuff Bracelet
- .925 sterling silver, solid
- top of bracelet width: 63.32mm (2.5″)
- stamped “LH” by Navajo artist, Leo G. Harvey
- approximate default wrist size: 6.5″- fits small to medium sized wrists and can carefully be slightly adjusted