Featured Native American Silver Cuff Bracelet with- Green Turquoise?

I was blessed to win a few nice, big pieces of Southwestern Silver jewelry at a local estate auction. This is one of them:

I have 2 questions...
1) Can anyone ID the artisan: ?? Hawkes
2) The stones appear to be green turquoise, but with a deep bluish tint that is hard to capture in pictures. Someone suggested it might be malachite, but all the malachite I've ever seen had different, more distinct pattern(s) than this. (I'm no gemologist in any sense of the word.) I'm also wondering if the bits of blue showing, mostly in the stone in 2nd picture, might be azurite?
As always, I am appreciative of any tips you guys can offer...

 

Some suggestions from Google Lens:

 

Looks like "J.J. Hawkes."

Debora

 

That's my best guess, too, but I haven't been able to find anyone with those initials, yet.

 

Yep, they look like most of those- and those aren't even all the same! It seems I can never be completely sure with stones...

 

It's a malachite/azurite blend. They frequently co-occur. My mineral guide says it's called azur-malachite. For fun:

https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/2...3-worlds-fair-is-back-on-display-in-new-york/

 

Is that 'upside down' from the logo BIRD anything indicative of who the artist is????

 

I presume it is representative of a HAWK- the artist's name is HAWKES- though the bird doesn't look much like a hawk.

 

Yup. It's the current substitute for Eilat, since the source is played out.

 

the stones are nice...
the silver work is pedestrian..

unless the artist can be found.... I don't see NA ..

 

JJ Hawkes is not in my books, nor is anyone else by the name of Hawkes. It is not a very Navajo sounding name, but of course you never know.
So for now it is a SW style cuff bracelet with nice stones.

 

nice find INH !!!!!
& interesting.....
I've never seen an artist place his picto on top of a lump of solder..??? & I can't say the buckle and bracelet were made by the same hand...... so JJ being the owner seems very likely..

 

See if there are any other marks. That bird and siggy look like an added feature

 

Christmas Bev is back !!!....

 

'Tis the season!

 

No other marks. In any case, it has been sold, $375.
Thanx to all for your contributions!

 

not any mark a Native American would be proud of......
but it was a nice sale LTH !!

 

Congrats!