6 7/8" William Spratling Sterling Snake Scale link bracelet.

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6 7/8" William Spratling Sterling Snake Scale link bracelet. Measurements in pics, no significant issues. I believe this version with … Read more 6 7/8" William Spratling Sterling Snake Scale link bracelet. Measurements in pics, no significant issues. I believe this version with the open back is less common, not that the other version is common. I have one of each at the time of listing and I'm going to price this one considerably less because it weighs about half as much, not that that's a bad thing for some.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Spratling, an architect and artist who taught at Tulane University in New&lt;br&gt;Orleans, came to Mexico in the late 1920s and settled in the city of Taxco.&lt;br&gt;Having developed an interest in Mesoamerican archaeology and culture from his&lt;br&gt;colleagues at Tulane, he traveled to Mexico for several summers lecturing and&lt;br&gt;exploring. He sought out remote villages in the state of Guerrero, 110 miles&lt;br&gt;from Mexico City, where in some places Nahuatl, the Aztec language, was spoken.&lt;br&gt;Spratling collected artifacts and contemporary indigenous crafts. Spratling made&lt;br&gt;a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life's work was to&lt;br&gt;conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He&lt;br&gt;explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico's modern masters&lt;br&gt;and earned distinction as a learned and early collector of pre-Columbian art.&lt;br&gt;Spratling and his workshop gradually became a visible and culturally attractive&lt;br&gt;link between a steady stream of notable American visitors and the country they&lt;br&gt;wanted to see and experience. Spratling had the rare good fortune to witness his&lt;br&gt;own reputation -- as one of the most admired Americans in Mexico -- assume&lt;br&gt;legendary status before his death. William Spratling, His Life and Art vividly&lt;br&gt;reconstructs this richly diverse life whose unique aesthetic legacy is but a&lt;br&gt;part of its larger cultural achievement of profoundly influencing Americans'&lt;br&gt;attitudes toward a civilization different from their own. See less