VINTAGE Tèmè Navajo Cuff BraceletSterling silver, Arizona black jade This beautiful example of Native American jewelry has an inset triangle pattern in relief on the sides of the cuff, and square inlays of Arizona black jade in the center. It's stamped with the Tm hallmark of the Navajo Nation.

my maternal grandfather

I could incorporate other materials as well

So while my wife might not have been willing to wear an engagement ring

It comes from a set of cuff links passed on to me by my zayde

in which one soldier recalls his marital pledge to his wife that he would be with her til death

與子偕老 (zhí zǐ zhī shǒu

And it looks even better draped around a wrist than it does here

The name of the hand-shaped amulet actually comes from the Arabic word for "five

to celebrate how their family had grown in the past decade

October 2017

22 karat yellow gold

He asked me if I could do the same thing with a crescent and star with the name of his wife