"Enuh" bracelet
Lyndon Tsosie
(Native American (Navajo), born in 1968)
1990–1999
Medium/TechniqueSterling silver, 18K gold, sugalite, lapis lazuli, spiny oyster, boulder opal
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5.1 × 12.7 cm (2 × 5 in.)
Credit LineGift of Vicki Howard
Accession number2019.2285
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Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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This silver bracelet was made by the Navajo lapidary artist Lyndon Tsosie in the 1990s. It combines inlaid lapis lazuli, sugilite, spiny oyster, coral, and bolder opal for a striking arrangement of colors. Tsosie's work is well known; he has won awards at Santa Fe's Indian Market and at other art festivals. Tsosie’s work is featured in the book Southwest Jewelry. This bracelet by Tsosie joins the other Navajo inlaid bracelets by contemporary Native American jewelers in the MFA's collection. Examples include a cuff bracelet by Aaron Toadlena from the 1970s/1980s (1999.218), and a turquoise mosaic bracelet by Angie Reano Owen from 1995 (1998.57).
Provenance2009, sold by The Indian Craft Shop, Washington, D.C. to V. Howard, Arlington, VA; 2019, gift of V. Howard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
about 1900
about 1920s
