Pawn Jewelry-Navajo single stone ring

Navajo handcrafted ring. Made of solid sterling silver and genuine turquoise. This unique Navajo ring features a traditional setting of twist wire and leaf work with a serated bezel holding the stone. It is mounted on a 1/2 round split wire shank. The stone has a medium blue/green coloring with lite brown matirx with natural stone fractures.

 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 3/4"