Simple LIttle Silver Pill Box »

Navajo

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About The Artwork

This well crafted and cleanly engineered "petit accountrement" is a useful bit of extravagance. Soothing to the eye as well as touch, the only ornamentation is the rectangle within oval stampwork on the "roofed" lid. This box has no maker's mark, but is probably Navajo made, like others created in the early 1900's for the Harvey Company and various trading posts in the Southwest. It exhibits a gentle wear and warmth. This exercise in practical art is about the size of a pocket "worry stone". Great for cannying vitamins or headache medications. (Half the headache cure is holding that sweet little box!)

About The Artist

The Navajo were the first of the Native Americans of the Southwest to learn silversmithing from the Spanish. Most Navajo jewelry emphasizes silver, with turquoise stones used as an accent. Some pieces are cast in sand or tufa molds, while others are hammered, using a male stamp and a female die.

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