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Hopi Kachina Necklace, Earrings, and Ring

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Hopi Kachina Necklace, Earrings, and Ring
SOLD
110.00USD+ (26.40) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2017 Aug 06 @ 17:35UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Hopi Kachina necklace, earrings, and ring on silver. Jewelry is signed with "ML and "M". Possibly different artists, although ring and necklace appear to be the same artist.



Hopi use a smithing technique called overlay, in which a design is punched out of one sheet of silver and the cut sheet soldered onto another plate of silver. The visible areas of the lower sheet are then darkened using a patina agent such as liver of sulphur. This technique evolved post-WWII, when artists and cultural experts at the Museum of Northern Arizona assisted in giving tribe members a signature artistic style that would differentiate Hopi jewelry from the work of other tribes. State:Arizona City: Date: ID# 48040