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A very beautifully-crafted contemporary Navajo
tufa-cast silver cuff bracelet with fine chisel and file
work by Aaron Anderson, 2020
Navajo Master silver caster Aaron Anderson (B. 1970) strikes again here with this really fabulous cuff bracelet.
This up and coming third-generation Gallup, New Mexico-based Navajo silversmith is on a serious roll these days raising his already very high quality bar and making better and better jewelry all the time. Aaron is a genuine Maestro of the treacherous art of tufa-casting, one of the most difficult, painstaking and unforgiving of all traditional Navajo silversmithing techniques to work in, but one of the most rewarding if you can get it right. And the proof is always evident in the pudding. Look closely at this wonderful all silver bracelet; notice the even and consistent casting, the graceful proportions and subtle curves, showing the ideal combination of strength and delicacy exhibited here. The chisel and file decoration Anderson applied to the silver body of the bracelet after casting is perfectly restrained and elegant, just superbly and artistically done.
The bracelet measures 1” in width at its widest point and it tapers gracefully down to 1/2” in width at the terminal ends. The inner circumference end-to-end is 6” and the gap between the terminals is 1 1/4” for a total interior circumference of 7 1/4”. The bracelet weighs a very substantial 99 grams or 3 1/2 ounces, yet it is extremely comfortable with a nice solid feeling on the wrist. It is properly signed “AaronA” on the interior and is still in the same basically unworn, like new original condition it was in when we purchased it new from Aaron Anderson in 2020.
This bracelet is a truly stunning and very wearable piece from an extremely talented artist who appears to be on the fast track to increasingly greater fame and correspondingly higher prices. We have seen this particular movie a couple of times before in past years featuring the likes of Charles Loloma, McKee Platero, Michael Kabotie, Perry Shorty, etc.
Price $1,650
Aaron Anderson, Gallup, NM
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