I bought this cuff in an estate lot with letters from then1890s Southwest and some other modern jewlery. The somewhat crude metalwork and rustic design gotnmemcurious of its origin and age. I’d appreciate your thoughts!
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IMHO this would be termed Brutalist style. The coral looks more like carnelian in the photo and the turquoise possibly dyed howlite (or lower grade chalky soft turquoise) only because it looks like the stones are glued on. An intriguing piece.
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I agree with @StevesTrail that this looks like brutalist style jewelry, and certainly not the same age as the letters that were also with it. I doubt it is native made; my guess would be that it’s not, and most likely more of an “arts and crafts” piece that someone hand made. I think brutalist is usually around 1950s or so.
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Thanks for your thoughts on this. Definitely outside of my wheelhouse but interesting to me nonetheless .
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Thanks for the insight into this piece!
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nvm that is all thanks