Vintage Navajo Dine Sterling & Quality Coral Ring

Vintage Navajo Dine Sterling & Quality Coral RingThis Navajo Dine coral & sterling silver ring circa 1960 70s is a show stopper with a split ring shank supporting the oval hand stamped plate and a twisted wire frame surrounding the four sided blood red coral stone. Size: 1 x 1 A brief history of coral in Native American Jewelry The early coral came from Italy and Spain and was a treasured by both the Navajo and the Pueblo Peoples and has been traded sparingly with the Spanish mbecause it was such a

There was no stopping for these wild beast

The foremost centre of Khandoba worship is the templeof Jejuri in Maharashtra

A large antique hand-hammered and hand-riveted metal metal pot with hand-forged chain used for lifting water from wells

circa 1875-80

as I do now and after painstakingly drawing the outlines I coloured it in choosing the exact shades of the colours I wanted

Unique angles created from expertly formed metal folds along with a wide and elongated spout sit on a round base

A hand crafted copper drum that spins and completely rotates sits atop the end of the well worn & patinated wooden handle

Normally the container is mounted on a round base

A deeply patinated and authentic antique sculpture of Nandi with a Linga (Lord Shiva is often depicted riding on Nandi) from Karnataka

I have seen similar other authentic but unassuming works that were made in remote areas around the world

The energy and movement energizes the written internal mantras and these thousands of prayers and blessings spin out the wheel to be released into the Cosmos & Universe

all effect the colour of the dyed yarns