Ring
Artist
Julie O. Lahi
Date1980
Mediumsilver, turquoise
Dimensions1 × 1 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (2.5 × 4.1 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Eason Eige
Object numberPC2010.7.112
DescriptionAn oblong silver and turquoise cluster ring with a central, sky-blue stone set in a round bezel and encircled by filigreed rope. Four soldered beads adorn the ordinal points surrounding the central stone, with a pair of larger, teardrop stones of green-blue turquoise set above and below and surrounded by additional filigreed rope. An outer band of sixteen similarly sized turquoise stones, which vary in hue from robin’s-egg blue to blue-green to green apple, are likewise set in individual bezels, with interstitial silver beads soldered to the scalloped platform beneath. On the reverse, a single band, or shank, bifurcates at the points of attachment, just above the artist’s stamped name (“JULIE O. LAHI”).On View
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