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Navajo & Zuni Turquoise Old Estate Watch Bands

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Navajo & Zuni Turquoise Old Estate Watch Bands
Included in this lot is a Timex watch with three Navajo/Zuni turquoise watch bands. The first band is displayed with the Timex watch face. This band displays sleeping beauty turquoise cabochons set into a shadowbox design. Around the edges of the band features a braided border with a sterling silver bead and design. The back of this band is marked "Y" for Navajo artist Arnold Yazzie. The second band shows five cabochons of cripple creek turquoise on each band. Between these cabochons are sterling silver beads. The back of this band is marked "RB Sterling" for Navajo artist Richard Begay. The last band displays two cabochons on each band, one of them showing sleeping beauty turquoise and cripple creek turquoise and the other showing a cripple creek cabochon and a jade cabochon. Both of these pieces of the band show a snake design around the cabochons with turquoise eyes. The back of these bands are marked "Effie C." for Zuni artist Effie Calavaza. All of these pieces are in good condition, showing some natural patina with age.