Three Stone 1880-1890 Ring

Navajo

About The Three Stone 1880-1890 Ring

Three hand-cut oval turquoise stones with virtually no visible matrix.

Center stone is deep blue green oval 3/8" long X 3/16" wide (visible portion). Two remaining stones are light blue green to medium blue green turquoise 5/16" long X 3/16" wide.

Shank is divided into three branches that spread to meet the side width of the top decorative panel. The cross bar that is soldered over these branches has an unusual design.

There are three small "rings' that were produced not by the application of a ring of wire, but by the exit wound of a nial or punch. The metal raised was the smoothed and polished making a tiny "doughtnut" or "grommet".

Very, very unique, the overall design reflects a strong influence from Spanish jewelry of the 1860's - 1870's.

About Navajo

"Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.  They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015.  The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.  Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia

 

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Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Jewelry

Subject

Keywords

Navajo ring, 19th century ring, turquoise ring