Trophy repousse' and hand-stamped Navajo cuff with original No. 8 mine turquoise, by the late Gilbert Tom. #0483

This trophy cuff contains an original, very expensive, very-hard-to-find No. 8 Mine turquoise stone.  The "New" No. 8 prevalent now is certainly nice, but it ain't this nice!   This cuff is two-and-one-eighth-inches wide.   It weighs a whopping seven ounces and has a 6.75-inch wrist circumference (measurement includes the "gap" in the cuff.  The Drifter selected this stone long ago and had master Dine' artisan Gilbert Tom, R.I.P., use thick, 12-gauge Sterling to make it.  The wearer should have a wrist size—measured completely around the wrist bone—of  6 and 5/8th's-inches to 6.75-inches due to the rigidness of the thick-gauge Sterling.   This cuff has both reverse-stamped repousse' AND intricate hand-stamping.  What a stone--and what a treasure!  Hallmarked "Gilbert Tom."  Complimentary USPS tracked Priority shipping.