Since this bracelet was made by Lyndon Tsosie, who is an extremely creative and talented Navajo artist, we were astounded to find this bracelet in a pawn shop. Lyndon's jewelry is considered "top shelf" and is sought out by many Native American jewelry collectors. His art is much more likely to be found for sale at the Heard Museum in Phoeniz, Arizona, (which is considered the Smithsonian of Indian jewelry) or at high end Native American jewelry specialty shops.

Lyndon has won numerous awards at the most prestigous jewelry markets throughout the Southwest including the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Market, the Heard Museum Indian Market and the Powhatan Renape Art festival.

Because Lyndon made this bracelet in a very unusual style we'll let the pictures displayed below describe it to you as they will certainly do that better job than any words that we may write.

Here are the details:

The inside measures 6" long plus there is a gap of 1+1/8". It weighs a very comfortable 22 grams, is stamped sterling and has Lyndon's hallmark (which is stamped on the silver bezel that holds the two turquoise stones).

Lyndon used very thick silver wire to make the bracelet's shank, so it has practically no flexibility. Therefore we suggest that any size adjustment should be made by a professional silversmith or jeweler.

This unique style bracelet has one particular feature that we've never seen before. To further enhance the appearance of the bracelet Lyndon wrapped the entire length of the shank with very fine, sterling silver wire.

The bracelet is still in quite good condition. Both turquoise stones are set firmly in their shared bezel and they are not cracked nor chipped. The fine silver wire that's wrapped around the shank does show quite a bit of wear, so we have to believe that the bracelet's previous owner loved it and wore it very often.

In case you're not familiar with Lyndon's jewelry we suggest that you Google search his name. You'll see that he works in many different styles and that much of his jewelry sells for very high prices, including one bracelet that we found for sale that was priced at $8,800.

This wonderful example of genuine, handmade, Native American jewelry will certainly make a wonderful addition to your jewelry collection, or wouldn't it make a great gift for that special someone in your life?