This Absolutely FINE Stunning Vintage 1970s Native American Signed Navajo Indian All Handmade Hand Tooled and Hand Hammered. 925 Sterling Silver & Genuine RARE Old Natural Nevada #8 Black Lightning Spiderweb Turquoise Mans or Womans Ring, size 6… The top of the ring measures: 1 1/8″ longest x 7/8+” widest…. This ring can be sized, but we dont size jewelry…. It also has the Old Hand Hammered 6mm Wide Triple Fork Ring Shank…. It is signed ” Tc ” by the Old Navajo artisan ” Tod Chee ” from the Old Church Rock, New Mexico…. It is also guaranteed that the silver of this ring has been properly and safely tested as 100% Sterling Silver. 925 , the silver has Patina due to age…. Throughout our Indian lands the trading posts serve also as pawn shops with the trader usually involved in an earthy form of banking business – part of the process known as pawning…… Most Hopi, Zuni and Navajo reservation Indians (The BIG Three) and many other Traders converted their turquoise and silver jewelry into cash……. At times the trading post vault is the safest place in which to keep valuables…….. In this case the Native American pawns their items for a minimum loan of cash and is happy to pay the interest rate in return for the security of his goods…… COMBINING AUCTIONS = is FREE. Origin of the items we sell……. Just a little about our experience in this field of Native American Jewelry. We have lived and worked in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Colorado, I used to work in the turquoise and copper mines in Arizona, Tunneling in Texas, Mining in Colorado and have been around turquoise jewelry over 55 years, so it is not something new to me or my wife, although we don’t know it all, we do have a great understanding about it and collecting it, and have an extensive Rare Library of the old collectors books and unpublished magazines and manuscripts on the subject which helps us learn and understand more each day. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Ethnic, Regional & Tribal\Rings”. The seller is “painted-sky” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Croatia, Bermuda, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco.
- Occasion: Anniversary, Birthday, Christening, Christmas, Confirmation/Communion, Engagement, Father’s Day, Graduation, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day
- Main Stone Width: 14 mm
- Main Stone Color: Blue
- Artisan: Tod Chee
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Vintage: Yes
- Main Stone: Turquoise
- Ring Size: 6
- Main Stone Treatment: Not Enhanced
- Department: Unisex Adult
- Main Stone Shape: Oval
- Gemstone Clarity Grade: Loupe Clean
- Featured Refinements: Vintage Navajo Turquoise Ring
- Handmade: Yes
- Ethnic & Regional Style: Native American
- Main Stone Creation: Natural
- Turquoise Type: Nevada FINEST #8 Spiderweb Turquoise
- Signed: Yes
- Color: Blue
- The top of the ring measures: 1 1/8\
- Sizable: Yes
- Material: Turquoise & Sterling Silver .925, Gemstone, Metal
- Ethnic Origin: Native American
- Brand: Native American
- Setting Style: Bezel
- Jewelry Type: Rings
- Type: Ring
- Metal Purity: .925
- Era: 1950s
- Theme: Art, Beauty, Nature
- Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
- Main Stone Length: 21 mm
- Country of Origin: USA