Description:

Native American, Southwestern United States, Dine (Navajo), ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A beautiful pair of silver rings each featuring turquoise insets. The first in the form of a kachina doll wearing a skirt and a beaked helmet mask, mounted to a slender band with a tripart, openwork shoulder. Alternatively, the other ring boasts a large, egg-shaped turquoise stone surrounded by a raised border and a silver bezel stamped with crescent motifs, also mounted on a slender band with an tripart, openwork shoulder. Size of larger (kachina ring): 0.9" Diameter x 1.6" H (2.3 cm x 4.1 cm); US ring sizes: kachina: 6, egg-shape: 5.5; silver quality: 96.6 to 99.9%; total weight: 22.2 grams

Note: Both items tested using XRF and are shown to be silver and natural turquoise.

Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and may not be eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Memphis, Tennessee, USA collection, acquired via descent

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#189082

  • Condition: Ring with egg-shaped inset has some light indentations and bending to bezel; kachina shows light bending as well. Both have some light scratches in areas, but are otherwise intact, excellent, and wearable with forms still clear.

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