Covered Wagon Pin
Lincoln Zunie
- Savvy Price $350.00
- Gallery Price $425.00
- Title
- Covered Wagon Pin
- Artist
- Lincoln Zunie
- Medium
- Natural blue turquoise (main wagon), mother of pearl (canvas covering wagon) in shadow with jet and spiney oyster for wheels, brake and the tip of the wagon's tongue on fabricated sterling silver
- Size
- 1" height X 2 1/16" width
- Signed
- No
- Date of creation
- Early to mid 1940's
- Condition
- Excellent on front, some wear and age appropriate scratches to sterling silver on back
- Turquoise
- Natural blue turquoise
- Provenance
- Sop
- Gram weight
- 12 grams
- About The Covered Wagon Pin
Commonly referred to as Prairie Schooners, covered wagons represented a cultural icon of settlers traveling west across the United States. They were also called Conestoga wagons.
Lincoln Zunie's channel inlay work is distinctly hand-made. The cells cradling each cut stone or shell have a little personality, as they are not perfectly uniform, almost rendering a little attitude !
- About Lincoln Zunie
- This 20th century Zuni jeweler often worked with his wife Helen. Cited as active in the 1960's and 1970's, he was known to have specialized in inlay and stamped work using cows, horses and wagons.
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