Sterling 7 Panel Storyteller Bracelet by Native American Designer, Victoria order Adams for Relios/Carolyn Polack

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Stunning Native American Storyteller Design Bracelet Using Animal, Plant and Human Forms by renowned artist, Victoria Adams for Relios / Carolyn Pollack. There are 7 oxidized sterling silver square and rectangle shaped links. One rectangular - shaped link has a bezel-set untreated green turquoise stone. The hand link and extender are highlighted with a Garnet. Victoria's jewelry is featured at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Exhibit. More information about Victoria's tribal background, award winning jewelry designing, view of ritual, culture and ancient and contemporary experiences can be found below.

The seven panels have these designs: mountain and tree, running horse, hand with a bezel-set garnet cabochon, tepee rectangular olive-green turquoise cabochon, woman leading a horse, and another mountain and tree. The imagery represented by this piece is meant to convey to the owner a sense of feminine freedom, wisdom, power, and protection in life's journey from one spatial realm to another. Aesthetically and symbolically profound! It has a lobster claw clasp and an extender chain which extends the length to fit a wrist from 7-3/4 inches to 9-1/4 inches, is 0.9" wide and weighs 46.4 grams. Made in USA.

VICTORIA ADAMS

Born in Oakland, California in 1950, Victoria is an enrolled member of the Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma. Her Cheyenne traditional name is "He On E Va," which means "Woman Who Lights the Pipe."

Creating items of personal adornment from metals became a Cheyenne art form just prior to the Civil War. "When designing and building my jewelry, I incorporate the natural forms I observe," Victoria explains. "Sightings of deer, antelope, birds, bugs and berries and my own horses can set one day very much apart from another. Cheyenne religious ceremonies are not complete without the inclusion of plants and animals. We honor them. They governed our survival in ancient times, and today they are still an integral part of our traditional and contemporary cultures.

"For me there is no dividing line between a fine, large diamond set in gold and a beautifully crated, graceful silver Southern Plains earring. Depending upon ones cultural tradition, the value is similar. When I dress for a fine evening in New York or for a night of dancing at one of my favorite powwows, the glint of my silver earrings, like the sparkle of a diamond, make me feel elegant and proud."

Victoria Adams is an award-winning Cheyenne Indian artist/silversmith (some of her original works can be found at the site for the Heard Museum's shop). In Cheyenne Indian culture there is the belief that when one wears an amulet symbolizing a given animal and the like, the power of that which is being represented is transferred accordingly to the wearer.

"When a person wears an object that they value spiritually or monetarily, they feel empowered, protected, proud, and beautiful," explains Victoria Adams. She is widely recognized for her stunning jewelry and accessory designs, featuring unique combinations order of color, texture, and materials. Juxtaposing precious metals, gemstones and fossils with plant, animal, and human forms, Victoria expresses her own heritage, experiences, and values in life as a Southern Cheyenne Native American.

Victoria is one of the premier jewelry artists in the Southwest and is a favorite exhibitor each year at the Santa Fe Indian Market. She has not shown her work in a gallery for nearly five years, when she exhibited at Blue Rain Gallery. “I stayed very busy with the Indian Market and decided to lay low for a while.,” Victoria said. She recently decided that Sorrel Sky's Santa Fe gallery is a perfect showcase for her art.

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VICTORIA ADAMS Designs Native American Jewelry
by Bill Reynolds September 14, 2020

California jewelry designer Victoria Adams finds inspiration all over the West and through horses and her Native American heritage.....SEE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT:
https://westernhorseman.com/culture/out-west/victoria-adams-jewelry-designs/
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