A GOLD AND MULTI-STONE RING, VERMA NEQUATEWA (SONWAI)
Designed with a triangular arrangement of inlaid sugilite, coral, turquoise and lapis lazuli with gold spacers; mounted in 14k gold; size 7 1/4; stamped Sonwai 14k and with artist's picto mark
Footnotes:
Exhibited: 'Loloma,' May 15 - October 23, 2005, Wheelwright Museum of Native American Art, Santa Fe, NM

Literature: Illustrated: Struever, Martha Hopkins, Loloma: Beauty Is His Name, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM, 2005, pg. 145, fig. 177

Please note that this item cannot be shipped internationally as it may contain endangered materials.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y
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Good condition overall. A shallow nick to one corner of a turquoise. A couple of scattered minute fleabites to sugilite stones. Some residue to exterior of inlay. Scattered scratches and scuffs to band and bezel commensurate with age and wear.

Stamped 14k, Sonwai mark

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Dimensions: length: 50mm

Approximate Gross Weight: 40.8 grams



This condition report is provided for your convenience based on the opinion of our gemologists. Bonhams is not responsible for any discrepancies between this information and other opinions.