This extremely large stone is polished and topographical, meaning it varies in height versus having been made flat across its surface. A generous silver bezel encloses all sides of this yummy stone, followed by silver twisted wire as well as a secondary frame that has chisel decoration as well as two sets of silver soldered balls.
Description | This extremely large stone is polished and topographical, meaning it varies in height versus having been made flat across its surface. A generous silver bezel encloses all sides of this yummy stone, followed by silver twisted wire as well as a secondary frame that has chisel decoration as well as two sets of silver soldered balls. |
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About the Artist | "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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Medium | Sterling silver plus Natural Arizona Morenci blue turquoise, very high grade |
Troy ounces | 1.55 troy ounces |
Size | 2" height X 1 1/4" maximum width of bola face including frame. 22" length of lanyon (braided leather) looped or 44" overall. Each of tapering silver tips measure 1 5/8" in length to include silver soldered ball. |
Signed | No |
Date of creation | Circa 1985-1990 |
Condition | Excellent to very good, as one of the tips has an indentation. |
Turquoise | Natural Morenci turquoise, blue in color with characteristic matrix, yielding more visual interest. |
Provenance | Consigned by a gentleman whose grandmother collected American Indian items with flair CP3087 |
Gram weight | 48.2 grams |