Beautiful new sterling silver overlay on copper bracelet created by Hopi artist Lauren Qumawunu. The overlay work is clean, bold and elegant. The bracelet measures 7/16" wide. Inner circumference measures 5-3/4" end to end plus a 1-1/8" gap. This bracelet is fairly flexible and can be adjusted to fit. Weighs 22.8 grams. Brand new and in perfect condition! Certificate of Authenticity and gift box included. From the Hopi Arts & Crafts Silvercraft Co-op Guild.

About the Hopi Arts & Crafts Silvercraft Co-op Guild:

In 1947, after World War II, returning Hopi servicemen were trained at a silversmithing school founded under the G.I. bill. The late Paul Saufkie, Sr. was the technical instructor and the late Fred Kobotie, noted Hopi artist and designer, was the design instructor. Although many techniques of making silver were used, the overlay style gradually emerged as the dominate style. This simple, unique, elegant jewelry is now considered essentially "the" Hopi style of jewelry.

In 1949, they established a guild with its own hallmark. The Guild's purpose was to produce, purchase, promote, sell handcrafts and jewelry and to operate related activities. The Hopi Arts and Crafts Co-op Guild now has its own building on Second Mesa, Arizona, next to the Hopi Cultural Center & Museum. Any craftsman, potter, basketmaker, weaver or silversmith can have his or her work displayed and sold there. Half the building is devoted to work benches and supplies for the silversmiths.

When you buy from the Hopi Guild, you are buying quality and authentic pieces of jewelry. To assure authenticity, all Guild jewelry bears both the Hopi Guild sun symbol and the individual silversmith's clan mark (hallmark). Authentic Hopi jewelry sold outside of the guild is usually marked with either the silversmith's clan symbol or a registered silversmith's signature or initials.

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