Zuni
1960s
Sterling silver with turquoise, jet, mother of pearl, and shell
18.86 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, NM
A dancer fills the face of the ring, built up in mosaic inlay from cut stone fitted flush against silver. The headdress is worked as a stepped tablita in blocks of turquoise, jet, and coral above a black jet face inlaid with a single eye, and the body below is filled with alternating panels of turquoise, coral, white shell, and jet arranged in a stepped pattern. Both arms extend outward from the body, tipped in coral and jet, with twisted silver rope outlining the figure and a column of stamped silver bosses running down one side. At 18.86 grams it is a substantial ring, the figure raised well clear of the shank.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Zuni
1960s
Sterling silver with turquoise, jet, mother of pearl, and shell
18.86 grams
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, NM
A dancer fills the face of the ring, built up in mosaic inlay from cut stone fitted flush against silver. The headdress is worked as a stepped tablita in blocks of turquoise, jet, and coral above a black jet face inlaid with a single eye, and the body below is filled with alternating panels of turquoise, coral, white shell, and jet arranged in a stepped pattern. Both arms extend outward from the body, tipped in coral and jet, with twisted silver rope outlining the figure and a column of stamped silver bosses running down one side. At 18.86 grams it is a substantial ring, the figure raised well clear of the shank.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
