Help to age Navajo beaded bracelet

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  1. Zeppelin78

    Zeppelin78 Well-Known Member

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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Looks like something made from a Tandy leather crafts kit.
     
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  3. Zeppelin78

    Zeppelin78 Well-Known Member

    Thank you for your thought hollyblue.
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    While it does ...TO ME....look like a NA beaded item.....I don't think Navajo....
    & I might date it to the 50's..or 60's because of the interior leather..
     
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  5. Zeppelin78

    Zeppelin78 Well-Known Member

    Thank you komokwa for the reply ...matt
     
  6. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    To me, looks more like a monogrammed napkin ring than bracelet - perhaps a NA tourist item, but could as easily be home crafted loom-work, and I'd think it could have even a bit more age than Komo suggests. Here is a lot of beaded and leather napkin rings, no origins given other than being from a large collection - there is a monogrammed piece at bottom center: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/20-vintage-leather-beaded-napkin-rings-60-c-ee44257874#


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    ~Cheryl
     
  7. Zeppelin78

    Zeppelin78 Well-Known Member

    Hello Cheryl thanks a million for your reply for some reason I was thinking the same thing but never seen a beaded napkin ring so a child’s bracelet is where I was heading but boy they sure look so similar and also the way the leather looked it looked like it was against the skin and maybe oil mad it the way it looks the leather is still so soft Anyways thanks for your time now I have another fork in the road to explore. Thanks again Matt.
     
  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Once again......i'm studying the item so hard...looking at the thread the leather the bead colors............... I missed the 25 cent piece.....by a mile !!!!
    :(:(:(:wideyed:
     
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