Quite a chunky pirce with great detail. If anyone could help me with the maker. Thank you!
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How did you acquire this? It is funny you have this and don’t know the name, Wes Willie. This is an expensive bracelet. The seller, did they know?
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My family owns a large third generation coin shop/jewelry store and they buy all kinds of things. I like southwestern silver and they let me buy it. I don’t have any history on the piece. I’ve had it for a while. Thanks for the name.
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Beautiful piece, Congrats on your find. I never have any luck when I look for deals at pawn shops. I’ve been told the good stuff never makes it to shelves. Very cool to have an in as you do.
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We’ll, it’s not a pawn shop. Try shopping some coin shops. They won’t be as cheap, but most of them get good stuff. The bigger the shop, generally the better quality you’ll find. Not just scrap outlets.
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Nice tip. Thanks for the suggestion.
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OMG… Thank you @SherriD, I went to the local coin shop. I’ve been there many times before because I also have a coin collection. I said, someone on a website I frequent mentioned that sometimes coin dealers end up with native american jewelry and I just wanted to check with you. He says well I’ve only got these two pieces and proceds to pull out a Knifewing and a Rainbow man. Both have the same hallmark that looks familiar, it’s a tomahawk. I get home and look it up and find that it’s the mark for Little Joe Begay who was a smith for C.G. Wallace. I’m not finding a lot of information on him. Looking for any additional sources. I’m thinking I will be back there tomorrow buying those.
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Thanks, I wouldn’t have thought to look at coin shops.
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Would love to see the front of these pieces. Glad I could help.
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I will be happy to show them when I get them. Hopefully tomorrow!! I wasn’t going to spend that much money on first sight of them and unsure of the hallmark. Not until I figured out who made them. Now that I have I will buy them. Possibly another piece he has also. A lot of folks don’t like pictures being taken of their items so I try to be respectful of that and didn’t ask to photograph the fronts. Stay tuned!!
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Oh sure. That would be the polite way to go. Maybe this will open up a good contact for you with the coin shop.
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