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Exceptional Preston Monongye Bracelet browse these categories for related items... Directory: Estate Jewelry:Silver:Native American:Pre 1950: item # 771862 Please refer to our stock # 1111 when inquiring.
GoodBuy For The GoodEye 24921 Muirlands Lake Forest, California 92630 949-923-1601 Guest Book $8250 |
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| A large tufa cast cuff with Royston Turquoise, coral and ivory.The piece is over 2" wide at the widest point and has a circumference of 7.5" around with an opening of 1 1/4".Monongye was born in Los Angeles in 1927 to a Hopi father and a mother from a California Mission tribe, Preston moved to Hopi at age seven. By the time he was nine, he was apprenticing with his uncle Gene Pooyouma in silversmithing. He was educated at Haskell Indian College in Kansas and took law courses at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Preston served in the U. S. Army in World War II, returning to Hopi to paint kachinas as well as commercial projects. He then served in Korea, returning to work as a law enforcement officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He began concentrating on jewelry-making full-time in the mid-1960s. By the 1970s he had established himself as an innovator in Hopi jewelry design, along with Charles Loloma. In addition to his jewelry, he also created sculptures in wood and silver. In later years, he returned to his interest in painting, as well as lithography and etching. Monongye has won numerous award in prestigious shows, including the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Phoenix Arizona; the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico: the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona; Santa Monica All Indian Ceremonial Show, Santa Monica, California and the New Mexico and Arizona State Fairs. His work is in collections at the Smithsonian, the Heard Museum and the Denver Art Museum.In 2005 He exhibited along with Charles Loloma and Kenneth Begay in the "Totems to Turquoise" show at the Museum of Natural History. This is certainly a large and impressive piece. | ||
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