Two Hopi overlay letter knives. Both in TUCSON. The top one is 7.5 inches long and one half inch wide. By Anderson Koinva, the lower one is unsigned 7 inches long and just under 1.2 inch wide.
From left to right: A sandcast ring by Kevin Yazzie. SIze 12 1/2 and 7/8 inch wide. SOLD. Set with natural Royston turquoise, it measures 1.5 by 1 inch and is a size 11. $400. With a chiseled bezel, the next one is a size 9 1/2 and measures 1 1/4 by 1 1/8. Natural turquoise by Craig Agoodie, $300. Also by Craig is this ring set with natural turquoise from the Pilot Mountain Mine, size 9.5 and is $520. Lastly, a ring by Dean Brown that is set with natural turquoise from the Kingman region. A size 8, it is 2 by 1.5 inches. $285. (ALL IN TUCSON)
A double ring of cuttlefish cast and sheet silver, by Samuel LaFountain. The cool thing about rings like this is that you do not need an exact ring size fit. 2.25 inches across. $875. (SANTA FE)
At left are two rings by Colin Coonsis of Zuni. The one at left is set with fauxpals & shell and the one at right is set with mother of pearl. Each is 1 inch across at the widest point. The ring at left is a size 7 (SOLD) and the other is a size 6 1/4. $200 each (SANTA FE)
This hand engraved bowl with a Hopi SIkyatki pottery design was made some years ago by Hopi-Laguna silversmith Howard Sice. Just under two inches across and a half inch high. SOLD (TUCSON)
A ring set with natural spiderweb turquoise by Sunshine Reeves, arguably the most famous stampwork silversmith around. His work was awarded Best of Show at 1997 Santa Fe Indian Market and Best in Class in 1998. Just over a size 9 and $200. (SANTA FE)
A very beautiful ring by Steve Yellowhorse. Set with a piece of dichroic glass this ring has an infinity band, though it is currently a size 11.5, it can be made smaller or larger. $360 (SANTA FE)
Two rings by Ruben Saufkie. Three view of his maze ring. It is a size 11.5 and just barely under 3/4 of an inch wide. $400. His bear ring on a nice heavy shank is a size 7.5 and just over 0.65 inches across. $185. (BOTH IN SANTA FE)
A beautiful coral barrette made by Julene Yazzie. It is approximately 4 inches long and $135. (Santa Fe) The sterling and turquoise hair pin barrette was made by Jolene Begay. The hair pin measure 3.75 inches while the actual barrette measures 2.75 inches by 1 7/8 inches. SOLD. (Santa Fe)
A wonderfully asymmetric sandcast ring by Lorenzo Shirley. A size 9 it is set with a piece of natural Morenci turquoise that he cut. Approximately 1.5 by 1.5 inches. $600. (BOTH IN TUCSON) In the two photos at right, master silversmith Edison Cummings used fossilized ivory, turquoise, jet, salmon color coral and deep red coral with a 14kt gold ball. 2 inches long and a size 9 1/4. $1875. (SANTA FE) A mosaic ring by master silversmith Robert Sorrell, inlaid with natural turquoise and an accent of coral. it measures 1.5 by 1 1/8 and is a size 8 1/2. $675. (TUCSON)
A Navajo made turquoise and spiny oyster shell cluster ring. It is a size 6.75 and is $175. Next is a coral cluster ring by Jimmy R. Yazzie. This one is a size 7 and $240. (Both in SANTA FE) Two incredibly inlaid ring bands by Shane Beeshligaii, who learned this technique from his father, Alex Beeshligaii. Both are a size 9 and one is just under 1/2 inch wide and the other just over 1/2 inch wide. (He does accept special orders so one can be made to your size.) $420 each. (BOTH IN TUCSON)
The sandcast star cufflinks are 1 inch across and $48.Next is a pair of sterling and 14k cufflinks by renowned Navajo silversmith Arland Ben. 5/5 square, they are $600. The incredibly blue natural Kingman turquoise cufflinks are by Nana Ping, 7/8 by 5/8+ $400. Tohono O’odham silversmith Rick Manuel created this Man in the Maze tie tack, 1 inch in diameter. $200 (TUCSON)
The first two rings in this row were made by Loyolita Othole-Tsattie from Zuni Pueblo. The one set with blue turquoise is a size 9 3/4 while the one with green turquoise is a size 9 1/4. Each $165. The dragonfly ring is by Lee Charley, it has an infinity band (adjustable). The dragonfly measures 2 7/8 inches wide and is $675. The coral needlepoint ring at right was made by Eva Wyaco. It is a size 7.5 and SOLD. (All in Santa Fe)
Four beautiful rings with adjustable shanks (from around a size 5 to a size 9 1/2) by Steve Yellowhorse. Each one has striking (excuse the pun) stamp work details. The first one is set with an atypical piece of Bisbee turquoise. $172. Tucson Next up is one with a beautiful piece of turquoise (Steve couldn’t remember what mine) $200. Santa FeThe third ring is set with a triangular piece of turquoise from the Stormy Mountain mine, $200. Santa Fe. The last ring is set with turquoise from the Royston mine, $400. Tucson
From left to right: 1.5 inches long, a size 9 with a stylized bird design. SOLD This ring has both water and cloud motifs. By Elmer Satala, a size 8 and 1 1/8 inch long. $85. (All can easily be sized up or down) (BOTH IN TUCSON) This older ring (1970s) is set with a greener shade of turquoise, probably from one of the Nevada Mines. Size 8 1/2 and 1 3/8 inch long. $140. (SANTA FE) The artist used an electric engraver to put his or her name and date on the back. Unfortunately placement of the ring shank rendered the name unreadable. Dated May 1976. A very nice piece of turquoise but I can’t make a decent guess as to which mine. Size 8 and 1.25 inches long. $145 (SANTA FE)
