Navajo Silver and Turquoise Sunburst Ring

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Jeweler Unknown
  • Category: Jewelry Rings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size: face ¾” diameter
    Ring size: 5
  • Item # C4751K
  • Price: $300

This Diné of the Navajo Nation vintage silver and turquoise ring is likely from the mid-twentieth century. It displays a beautiful patina. A single green turquoise gemstone is the centerpiece of a ray of silver bars simulating sun rays. At the end of each silver bar is a repetition of the sun rays in stamped design.


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Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Navajo Silver and Turquoise Sunburst Ring is from the collection of a client of Adobe Gallery

Recommended Reading: Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest by Kari Chalker, et al

TAGS: Southwest Indian JewelryDiné - Navajo NationJewelry Rings

Additional images sowing the silver stamping designs.

 

Jeweler Unknown
  • Category: Jewelry Rings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size: face ¾” diameter
    Ring size: 5
  • Item # C4751K
  • Price: $300

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