Hi all, I have a cuff with a mystery hallmark.
I am unsure of the age of this piece, and all I really know about it is that the turquoise is Ithaca Peak mine, and that it’s sterling, and incredibly heavy.
From what I can make out, it looks like the hallmark reads"Ahuzz" and what looks like numbers underneath that.
Does anyone happen to recognize the hallmark?
Thanks in advance
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Beautiful cuff! I don’t think the letters and numbers are a hallmark. They’re probably a shop/trading post code.
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It is a trading post code for cost. This was made in the Tobe Turpen store most likely 1960s-70s. The style could have been Sadie Calvin or Mary Morgan. With a big piece of Morenci Turquoise.
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Oh wow! Thanks for the info!
Is it Navajo? Didn’t look all that Navajo to me. Just curious.
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Thank you, I appreciate it. Yeah, I love this one 
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Yes, those artists are Navajo, and to me it totally looks Navajo. The heavier silver and large stone are more common in Navajo work.
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Cool! I appreciate all your help and knowledge!
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You are welcome. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cuff!
TBH, without a hallmark it can often be hard to say 100% if something is Native made, but the code helped; even though it’s not a hallmark, they have been commonly used in shops in the southwest. I am glad Jason weighed in, because he is an expert. I’m just an amateur who loves Native American jewelry (and I own quite a bit of it 
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Yeah, he IS an expert! I looked up Sadie Calvin’s work and it looks just like this plus, I thought it was Morenci too but, Someone told me it was Ithaca Peak.
Total expert.
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They may have guessed Ithaca Peak, because that’s a turquoise mine (along with Kingman and Morenci) that is known to have pyrite in it’s matrix, and I believe I see pyrite in your stone. But it didn’t look quite like Ithaca Peak to me; Morenci makes more sense.
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I was going ask how you “knew” it was Ithaca Peak, especially as you didn’t know anything else about the bracelet. The mine is generally the hardest thing to know about a bracelet like this. There are a lot of people who will take an educated guess as to turquoise mine, but unless they have really good provenance it is usually just that—a guess.
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Yeah, it was a vendor at an antique fair who sells vintage southwest and NA jewelry (as well as a bunch of other stuff) who thought it was Ithaca Peak.
I think it was due to the tiny flakes of pyrite? Dunno.
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