Navajo turquoise ring-Pawn Jewelry

Navajo handcrafted ring. Made of solid sterling silver and genuine  blue turquoise with black matrix. This tranditionally styled ring features a detailed saw cuts and stamping. It is mounted on a heavy split wire shank with stamped elements. This a great example of older styled Navajo ring. 

 It comes attached to its original red pawn ticket.The term "pawn" refers to jewelry that has been pawned to brokers. The practice of pawning jewelry began in the early 1900s when Native Americans and traders would exchange jewelry for food and other necessities, it is still used today and is embedded in the Navajo culture. 

Material: Sterling silver & turquoise

Tribe affiliation: Navajo

Time period: current 

Mounting measurements :1-1/4"x 1/2"  /  stone: 7/8" x 1"