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Lot 209Ф,Y

A SILVER AND MULTI-STONE INLAID CUFF, PRESTON MONONGYE

12 October 2021, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$6,375 inc. premium

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A SILVER AND MULTI-STONE INLAID CUFF, PRESTON MONONGYE

The tufa-cast cuff inlaid with a Hopi katsina face in turquoise, wood, coral, jet, fossilized ivory and mother-of-pearl; mounted in silver; inner circumference 5 3/4in; stamped with pictorial mark for Preston Monongye

Footnotes

This piece is likey a collaboration between Preston Monongye, who cast the cuff, and his son, Jesse Monongya, who would have completed the inlay.

Illustration: For a collaborative example featuring a similarly executed katsina, see: Dubin, Lois Sherr, Jesse Monongya: Opal Bears and Lapis Skies, Hudson Hill Press, Manchester, VT, 2002, pg. 118, fig. 124

Please note this item cannot be shipped internationally as it may contain endangered materials.

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