Best Zuni Early Exceptional Horned Owl Bolo Natural Shells & Turquoise 1957-67 For Sale

Best! Zuni Early Exceptional Horned Owl Bolo Natural Shells & Turquoise 1957-67

This fabulous old horned owl bolo used magnificent shells and stones, just gorgeous and they are incised artfully. The silver work is also wonderful. I wish i knew who made it because the work is fantastic, but it is unique to my experience. This bolo is so exceptional that I it must have been made by one of the greats. It's a best example of a great piece in which rare and unusual gorgeous stones are used, and the way they are carved and incised is uniquely beautiful. The silver work is also spectacular with the kind of elaborate work we see in the CG Wallace catalog by the very best artists. The colors and use of stones in this piece are unique and fabulous. It's amazing and stunning and the silver work too is far above the rest.

This is a small bolo measuring 1-7/16" High x 1-3/16" Wide. It has nice hand made very old tips which measure 2-1/8" high. Tie length with the tips end to end is about 36". The stones all hand cut and buffed and set are raised and wonderfully incised. The piece closes with a C31 Bennett used from 1957-1967, but this would have been made in the earlier time, in the 1950s. It's a great bolo. It is unsigned as is usual for those times and not marked for silver content. But it's sterling silver.

This is a best, early, example. It's a very small and elaborate bolo of subtle and fine colorations and exquisite detailing. I recommend it for the best of collections. It's unique and a great treasure and of museum quality. If you have a collection this will hold a star place in it; if you don't have a collection, start with the best. You can't do better. It's so elegant. It is so wonderful!

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