Item # 736T-Navajo Multi Stone Inlay Yei Bi Chai Kachina Rings by H.SMITH Sz 6 1/4 and Sz 7
Item # 736T-Navajo Multi Stone Inlay Yei Bi Chai Kachina Rings by H.SMITH Sz 6 1/4 and Sz 7
NEW! Beautiful Navajo multi stone inlay Yei Kachina rings! Each ring displays a Yei or kachina figure with two sections of multi stone inlays. One section representing the head and other section as the body. The Yei/Kachina ring with the silver eye in chest is a size 7. It consists of red, purple, and orange spiny oyster with turquoise across the top of head and black jet with blue-green opal eye on lower head. The body sports black jet with silver dot eye, tan agate, turquoise, and reddish-orange spiny oyster. The other yei/kachina ring is a size 6 1/4. It has reddish-orange spiny oyster, mother of pearl, lapis, and turquoise with black jet and silver with mother of pearl eye on the head. The body consists of turquoise, orange spiny oyster, purple/white spiny oyster, jet, mother of pearl, and crazy horse magnesite. All the stones and shells are set in a stone-to-stone design with either textured silver or repeating half round wire "necks". Both have three (3) piece wire bands with a flat silver in center flanked by round silver wire on both sides. The artist has soldered the wires together across the bottom of the bands.
Both ring faces measure approximately 1 7/16" by 7/16" across and the one with the silver eye in chest (sz 7) weighs 4.4 grams while the other (sz 6 1/4) weighs 5.3 grams. Both are signed H.SMITH by Navajo lapidarist/silversmith Harold Smith. Both guaranteed Sterling Silver. Beautiful Navajo crafted intricate inlay Yei/Kachina rings! $109.95