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Navajo Sleeping Beauty & Sterling Silver Bolo Tie

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 200.00 USD
Navajo Sleeping Beauty & Sterling Silver Bolo Tie
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Available for bidding in this lot is a fine Navajo Native American Indian bolo tie, finely crafted out of sleeping beauty turquoise and framed by a fantastic sterling silver slide. This bolo tie features fine craftsmanship in a tightly set turquoise slab, and ornate grape leaf design. The pendant hangs on a braided leather cord, and finished off with decorative sterling silver tips. The piece is signed with "Sterling" and "JR" which is believed to attribute this piece to Johnson Ralph. Overall, the piece is in good condition, boasting very little patina, and no unnatural fractures to the turquoise. The bolo measures 22 1/2" long, the pendant measures 3" x 2 1/2"