Description
Purple with Yellow Spiny Oyster Ring Sz 10 ~ A Jake
This Stunning Big Hefty ring was made by Navajo Artist Albert Jake, bio below. It's a size 10. It features a smooth polished deep purple spiny oyster with yellow. It's a deeper and darker color than in looks in the pictures. The shell sets in a smooth silver bezel and is surrounded by twisted silver roping. The wide sturdy shank has stamp work and tapers down down to 1/4" in the back.
Weight: 17.5 grams on my scale.
It's marked sterling and signed A Jake inside the band.
It measures just over 1 1/4" tall by just over 3/4" wide. I placed a quarter there for scale.
Spiny Oyster Shell, Spondylus Brodnip Princess, is found in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Albert Jake Navajo silversmith Albert Jake was born in 1959 in the Zuni Pueblo south of Gallup, New Mexico. He learned silversmithing from his parents. He has been making jewelry since 1987 and he also creates sand paintings and makes pottery. During the summers he works as a forest fire fighter. He lives with his wife and two daughters today in Rahmah, New Mexico, near the Zuni Pueblo.
Sure to make a Fine addition to any collection, or a great gift! Please note: Pictures are enlarged to show detail, remember everything looks bigger on line :)
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