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Tue, Dec 1, 2026 02:00PM EST
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Bidding is now open for our Native American Art & Jewelry auction, Day 1 of our three-day December sale, featuring Navajo, Zuni and Hopi silver and turquoise jewelry, Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, baskets, kachinas and carvings. Highlights include a Toby Henderson sterling and turquoise kachina sculpture, a Victor Coochwytewa Hopi overlay cuff and an Anthony Lovato tufa cast cuff, alongside pieces by Lewis Lomay, Peter and Dinah Gasper, Emma Lewis and Lowell Talashoma Sr., and more. Auction is Tuesday, December 1st at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 29

Veronica Nastacio Zuni Silver Inlay Mickey Mouse Bracelet

Estimate: $300 - $600
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$250 $25
$1,000 $50
$2,000 $100
$4,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000

Attached to a Speidel band. Marked on the reverse. 

 

Size: 5 1/2" Circumference 

Pendant: 1 3/4" Tall x 1 1/2" Wide 

Total Weight: 18.4g

 

Condition: Minor tarnishing throughout. Otherwise, the bracelet presents well. Please see images for details. 

 

About: After World War II, Zuni lapidaries began building their inlay around figures, first the Knifewing, the Rainbow Man and dancers drawn from Zuni ceremony, and by about 1960 the characters of American cartoons as well. Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Pinocchio and Snoopy were cut from turquoise, jet, coral, shell and mother of pearl and set in silver as rings, pins and bracelets, a genre dealers came to call Zuni toons.

The work demands the same precision as any Zuni mosaic. Every stone is shaped to fit its neighbor so the character reads cleanly at a glance, and the eyes, gloves and ears of a Mickey Mouse leave no room for error. What began as a playful sideline became a recognized chapter of Zuni jewelry, and Veronica Nastacio is among the Zuni inlay artists known for these Disney figures. This bracelet sets Nastacio's inlaid Mickey Mouse on a Speidel band.

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