Navajo 3 Stone Blue Diamond Turquoise Bracelet - Toby Henderson (#048)
$950.00
Artist: Toby Henderson
Navajo Jewelry
Inner Circumference: 5 3/4"
Opening: 1"
Total: 6 3/4"
Width: 1 1/2"
From high upon a mountaintop in central Nevada comes this sky blue turquoise with the name of Blue Diamond. The Blue Diamond mine has the ability of producing a super high grade of natural turquoise and this bracelet possesses just that. Toby Henderson has a passion for top-notch turquoise and loves to set it in traditional styles of Navajo jewelry. Toby's hand stamped, carved and formed sterling silver setting beautifully accentuates the amazing nature of this turquoise. "Shazam!"
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About the artist:
Toby Henderson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. The roots of his family tree are buried deep in the Borrego Pass area of the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Toby's mother Ella Long, his grandparents, Helen and Jim Long, and his Uncle Phillip Long, and Tommy Long are all silver and gold smiths recognized for high quality and innovative workmanship. Toby learned his art from his grandparents with whom he spent the summer months when he was a young boy. Toby recalls that his Grandparents were patient and inspiring instructors. They were pleased that he was carrying on the family silversmith tradition. Toby's work can be described as both traditional and contemporary, he has a special fondness for hand crafted, three-dimensional, sterling silver kachinas and Yei-be-chei figures. Toby was the first in his family to create these freestanding Holy People figures. With his daughters and son Toby keeps the family tradition alive. The boy and girls help with everything from design to buffing and polishing.
Related legends:
Silversmith Work
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?