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Meet Darryl Dean Begay a Navajo a well known Navajo silversmith living the the Gallup New Mexico area with his wife and kids. Darryl is known for his work with Tufa casting. In this video he introduces himself and his work. Hi, My Name is Darryl Dean Begay, I’m a Navajo jeweler from Roundrock Arizona. […]
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This is an incredible museum-quality Navajo Concho belt. 3,000 carats of perfectly matched Royston turquoise is centered in five sterling silver oval conchos and one rectangular belt buckle. The belt, and especially the turquoise used in its making, has an amazing story behind it! The huge Royston turquoise slabs were mined and purchased by a […]
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Navajo artist Wallace Begay is well respected in the Native American art community. Wallace is extremely intelligent and connected to the old ways. He takes his time to share with us a little of his background. We had the opportunity to meet with him in downtown Gallup, New Mexico where he had painted a memorial […]
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The Lone Mountain Turquoise mine produces beautiful stones favored by Native American jewelry artists. Darryl Dean Begay, a silversmith from Gallup New Mexico, shares a little about why he likes Lone Mountain Turquoise. Lone Mountain has different turquoise you know you have your regular lone mountain then you have your fossilize lone mountain then drake […]
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Darryl Dean Begay is a Navajo jeweler from Gallup New Mexico. This is an intro video to Darryl as he presents three of his favorite top grade Turquoise stones and a little about his style. Please subscribe and stay tuned to more videos in the future. My name is Darryl Dean Begay. I am a […]
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