OLD PAWN Hopi Zuni, Turquoise bracelet vintage LOOK

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OLD PAWN Hopi Zuni, Turquoise bracelet vintage LOOK:
$36.00

These are from a local collector who back in the late 1940s 50s and 60s collected well known native American art and jewelry. See my other listings also.
I have a pair or PM Preston Monongye earrings listed that are signed and other signed pieces listed.. These other non signed items look to be his works as well, sometimes they make the mark and its under the solder joints where the bracelet meets the turquoise so I cant see the mark and is unsigned. This is for the sterling turquoise bracelet in the images.
Preston Monongye (1927-1987) Biography

Preston Monongye was a leader in the “The New Indian Jewelry” movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in 1927, in Los Angeles he was abandoned at Hopi at age seven and adopted by a prominent Hopi family. Monongye attended reservation schools and became a full participant in Hopi religious and social life. At age nine, Monongye began apprenticeship with his uncle, the master silversmith and painter Gene Pooyama.

Following his service as a paratrooper in World War II, Monongye became a Kachina painter, working occasionally for trader Roman Hubbell and the Fred Harvey Company. Monongye re-enlisted during the Korean War and later worked in law enforcement for the Bureau of Indian Affairs while continuing to paint and make silver jewelry.

After leaving his job in favor of jewelry making in the early 1960s, Monongye quickly became recognized as an innovative designer and technician, immersing himself in “the new Indian art,” using traditional techniques and motifs to create a contemporary new look. He was best known for cast silver set with stones that often were cut by his friend Lee Yazzie, and later by his son Jesse. Monongye taught his art at various schools and workshops and lectured widely on contemporary Native design. He won many awards at shows and competitions and his jewelry appears in museum collections such as the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe.

I will accept offers but have started the listing at $.99 cents like most of my listings. A GREAT chance to own a rarity for your collection or add them to one of many museums that have Prestons works BUT rarely earrings. There are other items I have listed that are unmarked (old and some have dirt and grime so the mark may be hidden), I do not clean items from past mistakes while cleaning. But being they are the same era or time frame they may in fact also be Prestons work or other Hopi or Zuni well known artists, This women collector had an eye for early pieces that are now highly collectible. IM sure those who know works can figure who made the others I have listed.....
OFFERS ARE WELCOME...Please look at my other listings. And response. Thank you.