PRODUCT DETAILS
The Navajo started working with silver in the mid 1800s, metalsmiths making things like buckles, buttons, jewelry and tobacco canteens from melted coins and flatware.
Jewelry and its adornment has always been an integral piece of Navajo traditions and craftsmanship and by the start of the 1900s, turquoise and other stones set in silver soldered into bead and leaf and feather designs became the statement of traditional Navajo jewelry.
A sterling silver feather design ring with turquoise and coral stone details.
Measured on a ring sizer, falling between US size 6.75 and size 7.
2mm wide band at the back.
The ring face measures 30mm high and 15mm wide.
The turquoise stone is 10mm high and the coral stone is 14mm high.
5.9 grams total weight.
Some tarnish to the silver.
Marked R A B.
Artist / Silversmith Rose Anne Begay, Navajo. I cannot find anything definitive on this signature or the artists heritage / origins.