While the jewelry fad has waned, artisans continue to make designs in silver and turquoise.
ALBUQUERQUE — Someday, Andrew Thomas plans to have a silver watch cuff custom-made in memory of his father. It won’t be an exact reproduction of the one his father wore, he said, but it will reflect the same traditional Diné (Navajo) style, perhaps with nugget turquoise, a touch of coral and some silver appliqué work.
“I’m still designing it in my head,” said Mr. Thomas, 61, who works as a buyer at the Indian Pueblo Store, in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center here.
Mr. Thomas said he owned turquoise-studded bracelets given to him by each of his
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