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Museum Director's Award (Director's Choice)
~ $300.00 ~ Courtesy of Arizona State Museum ~

"Inlay Box"
by Benson Manygoats, Navajo

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Inlay Box

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Description: Box with lid and pedestal. Handmad from sterling silver sheets and wires and inlaid with natural stones, red coral, Sleeping Beauty turquoise, jet, lapis and spiney oyster shell. Techniques: soldered, inlay/channel work, stamped/filed.

About this Award: Awarded to acknowledge excellence in quality, this award is selected by the ASM Director. Any media is eligible.

Jurors' Comments:
Lomawaima: This box represents the best in that classification of jewelry - in inlay, stone, and channel work (stone next to stone with no silver in between). Aesthetically speaking, it's a handsome sculptural piece and the silverwork is simply the best - lots of hours put into it. The overall design and organization is sensational.

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Inlay Box