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Zuni Jet and Turquoise Adjustable Ring - C3750R
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Thu, Mar 31st 2016, 4:21pm
The first Zuni silversmith, Lanyad, learned his trade from the Navajo smith Adsity Chon in 1872. After that time the Zuni combined their lapidary skills with delicate silver work to develop a distinctive jewelry style. The Zuni then specialized in setting stones into the newly discovered technique of silverwork. This exquisite ring is comprised of individual small cuts of turquoise and jet which then were joined stone-to-stone. The six stone-to-stone pieces were then inlayed between silver channels. The face of the ring is flat.
Read more about this Zuni ring here.
