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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1718   CAS 0370-1718; Ring
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Ring
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Turquoise
Description Ring with pair of larger round, dark green turquoise stones in plain bezels set on hourglass-shaped back plate and flanked on either side by single silver raindrop, length of twisted wire, and 3 smaller round, blue turquoise stones in plain bezels; Narrow band splits into 3 prongs at juncture with back plate; Ring is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.4, Max Diam = 2.3