Vintage Sterling Silver Navajo Multi Turquoise Cuff Bangle 42 grams by the artisan P Chambless

Vintage sterling silver Navajo style bangle cuff. A really beautiful, substantial item by the artisan P Chambless

The design motifs have traditional Navajo elements, small silver shot balls sprinkled around various shaped turquoise cabochons. Raised details are polished against an oxidized surface to give it a stunning vintage finish.

Dimensions of bangle:
Width 0.75"
Length of metal approx 6" (plus gap)
Weight 42 grams
Gap 1.25" (adjustable)
Internal Dimensions 2.4" x 1.9" (60mm x 50mm)

I have a 7.25" wrist and it is small on me (a slightly smaller wrist would be better, see pics/video & dimension info)

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Philip has lived in the mountains outside El Morro, NM since the 1970’s and is a full-time turquoise prospector, lapidary and jewelry designer. He has researched the history of turquoise for more than twenty years. As his interest in turquoise grew in the late 1980s he moved to Santa Fe where southwest jewellery was going strong. It was during this time that his old buddy Douglas Magnus acquired the so-called Tiffany Mines at Cerrillos. His interest in owning a turquoise mine drove him to seek out his own, but Philip is red/green colorblind, making it hard for him to see the turquoise in its dusty native state. To make up for this color vision shortcoming, he utilized his love of history to research the old forgotten turquoise mines. Countless hours in college libraries and county courthouses across the Southwest led him to locate the mining claims in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

​Although he had acquired research for 20 years it took the collaboration with Mike Ryan to bring the book, The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890–1910 to fruition. However, it was only part of the story. After the collapse of the initial rush, turquoise mining continued, but the focus shifted to the reservation and tourist trade.