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Object Number
995-29-10/73124
Display Title
Ring of silver set with turquoise nugget
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo ring from the 1970s. One turquoise nugget is set in a bezel setting inset in a deeper silver setting, with a zig zag design in flat silver inset into the ring, between the bezel and the outer rim of the setting. around the stone.
Ring is roughly 3 cm high and 2.7 cm wide, and the ring is 3 cm deep from front of stone to back of ring.
Inventory Description
Silver ring, turquoise polished stone, black base with wire design.
Classification
- Ring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials
Silver, Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 2.8 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73124
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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