Lee and Mary are considered, two of the most accomplished silversmiths in the history of Zuni arts. This beautiful ring depicts a Zuni sunface design, surrounded with natural, webbed Lone Mountain turquoise. It offers the best of their stone to stone inlay work, with an outstanding silver design. The rings top portion measures 1" by 1", with the ring size being a 10 1/2. Hallmarked Zuni, Lee/Mary.
Their work is published in Zuni Jewelry, the Art and the People, Vol 1 & 2, by Barbara and Ed Bell. Theda Bassman, Northland Publishing Company, Treasures of the Zuni. Theda and Michael Bassman, Zuni: A Village of Silversmiths, University of New Mexico Press. Barton Wright, Hallmarks of the Southwest, Schiffer Publishing LTD, 2000. And many more.
