Toney Mitchell - Large Navajo Intricate Sterling Silver with Onyx - Bolo Tie

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Toney Mitchell - Large Navajo Intricate Sterling Silver with Onyx - Bolo Tie:
$975.00

This Large vintage bolo tie has been beautifully crafted by Mitchell Toney.He has set a Montana onyx stone into an intricately crafted and textured sterling silver setting. The design features kiva steps with sunrays. The bolo is signed with his Mitchell's M sunray water hallmark which is integrated into his handstamp work on the back of the bolo.
Bolo: 3" x 1 3/4"Onyx: 2" x 5/8"Sterling Bolo Tips: 5 1/8"Braided Bolo Tie Length: 48.5"Weight: 4.8 ounces, 137 grams

Toney Mitchell (1956-) was born in Tolani Lake, Arizona. He attended Fort Wingate High School and Pima Community College. He is known for his exceptional craftsmanship using thick sterling and high quality stones.

Throughout the 40 years that I have been in business, I have purchased jewelry from pawn shops throughout the Southwest that had collections of dead pawn. Most of these pawn shops and trading posts are now closed. The Native American would pawn his jewelry for immediate cash. The shop would hold it and charge interest until he could reclaim it. Dead pawn are the pieces that were never retrieved. Old Pawn Jewelry typically dates from the early 1900s to the 1970s. Most of the early pieces are not signed because it wasn't the Native American tradition to sign the pieces they crafted. Also, the turquoise in old pawn is turquoise that you can't get anymore because many of the mines have closed. And, the red and orange coral is rare because of the coral bleaching which is happening today.