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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 8621006, member: 2844&quot;]Great find, Pottery, a Navajo Modernist style bracelet, and one repair aside, I think this is the original design.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cuff itself is sandcast, but it looks like it was reinforced in one spot. It looks like someone tried to overbend it. That influences the value, but what it has going for it is that wonderful Modernist style.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, when buying rigid cuff bracelets, please take the space between the ends into account. If your wrist doesn&#039;t fit through that space, the cuff doesn&#039;t fit, no matter how large the circumference is. Rigid, thick cuffs don&#039;t like to bend, so buy another one.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the top is rounded, it is simply a rectangular cabochon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes! It is the mark of the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild, founded by the Navajo Council in 1941, from 1972 on it is called the Navajo Arts &amp; Crafts Enterprise.</p><p>Given the Modernist style of your cuff, it could have been made when it was still called the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild.</p><p>Some more on the Guild/Enterprise:</p><p><a href="https://www.gonavajo.com/about-us/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gonavajo.com/about-us/" rel="nofollow">https://www.gonavajo.com/about-us/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://hoelsindianshop.com/native-american-artists/navajo-arts-and-crafts-guild/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://hoelsindianshop.com/native-american-artists/navajo-arts-and-crafts-guild/" rel="nofollow">https://hoelsindianshop.com/native-american-artists/navajo-arts-and-crafts-guild/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From the last link:</p><p><i>In the 1944 book, “The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths”, John Adair writes, “The type of silverware that the guild promotes is […] a revival of the old simple types of jewelry, without sets for the most part. Emphasis is placed on cast work....</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And tagging [USER=255]@reader[/USER] , as always.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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