Yei Twins Pin Lone Mountain Turquoise
Navajo
- Savvy Price $175.00
- Gallery Price $225.00
- Title
- Yei Twins Pin Lone Mountain Turquoise
- Artist
- Navajo
- Medium
- Sterling silver and Lone Mountain turquoise
- Troy ounces
- .61 troy ounces
- Size
- 2" from top to bottom and 2 1/8" at its widest point. The pear-shaped "mountain cut" stone is 7/16" in length X 6/16" width X 2mm rise above the serrated bezel.
- Signed
- "Mc" on verso
- Date of creation
- Circa 1970's
- Condition
- Excellent. No visible wear. Well finished.
- Turquoise
- Natural Lone Mountain mine Nevada with a bit of black to brown matrix.
- Description
- Turquoise is very hard triple A grade material. Color is deep intenes blue with black to red/brown matrix.
- Provenance
- Consigned from East valley collector CS
- About The Yei Twins Pin Lone Mountain Turquoise
Tufa stone casting is the technique used to fashion this piece of jewelry. The details were applied by stamping. The yei twins of creation are changing woman and the sun. We were unable to identify who is referenced by the maker's mark.
- About Navajo
- The Navajo were the first of the Native Americans of the Southwest to learn silversmithing from the Spanish. Most Navajo jewelry emphasizes silver, with turquoise stones used as an accent. Some pieces are cast in sand or tufa molds, while others are hammered, using a male stamp and a female die.
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