Charles Loloma 14K Gold Charoite Inlaid Bracelet

Charles Loloma (1921-1991)

This is a 14k gold hight bracelet by the Father of Contemporary American Indian jewelry, Charles Loloma. Charles started making his jewelry in the 1950s,  and my Great Aunt Lovena influenced Charles to use gold in his jewelry in the 1970s. When I began working with Lovena in the 1980s, she asked her business Partner, John, who had access to industrial diamonds and helped get Charles the proper tooling to cut the charotie stone, which comes from Siberia. Charles’s ability to mix colors of semi-presious gemstones like this bracelet with the inlaid charoite, turquoise, lapis, coral, and even the fine-line gold accents set his artistry ahead of his time. Charles was heavily influenced by living at Hopi and studying the beautiful landscape and the Hopi Mesa, where the height and angles of the inlay come into view on this bracelet. Charles signed the back of this bracelet “Loloma”.

Dimensions: 1/2: W taper to 3/16th

Bracelet Size: 5″

Bracelet Opening: 7/8th