Navajo Silver Bangle, United States

Panels of stripes turn sideways and back again along a sleek cuff.

This sterling silver bangle is Navajo, from the United States, and is contemporary. Navajo silver bangles are generally shaped from a strip of metal and often decorated by stamping, filing or setting stones. A slim, polished cuff with a blackened channel along the center, filled with square panels of fine parallel lines. Some panels run horizontal and others vertical. The edges are crisp and the gap is open. It is 2.75 inches long, 0.5 deep and 2 high.

Orderly lines, with just enough rebellion in the angles.