Flute Player and Village Cuff
Tribe: Hopi
Item #BR07921
Sterling Silver Flute Player and Hopi Village Bracelet by Beauford Dawahoya (Hopi), ca. 1993.
This masterfully crafted sterling silver cuff by Beauford Dawahoya captures the essence of Hopi life and ceremony. The central scene depicts a traditional Hopi village with layered adobe dwellings. A line of Flute Players leads a ceremonial procession, their music a prayer for harmony and rain. Above the village, Tawa, the Sunface, watches over, while lightning and cloud symbols bring the promise of life-giving rain. Dawahoya’s precision overlay and intricate composition highlight the deep relationship between the spiritual and everyday life in Hopi culture.
Part of the historic Kopavi Collection, this bracelet has never been previously owned.
1” Cuff Width
5.25” Inside Measurement, plus 1” opening
(6.25" Total Circumference - Small-Medium)
- Size
- Small-Medium, 6¼″ total circumference
- Era
- Contemporary
- Metal
- Sterling Silver
- Technique
- Overlay
About the artist
Beauford Dawahoya (Hopi, 1940–1998) was a master Hopi silversmith known for his bold, clean designs and exceptional overlay technique. A member of the Snow Clan from Shungopavi on Second Mesa, Dawahoya learned silversmithing in...
See all pieces by Beauford Dawahoya →Family owned in Sedona since 1976
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