Ring
Artist
Juan de Dios
(North American Indian, Zuni, New Mexico, 1882 - 1944)
Dateca. 1925
MediumSilver, turquoise, and jet
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (1.91 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Bauver
Object number2012.4
InscribedScratched into back of ring: 2 D
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DescriptionSilver ring composed of stylized cow heads with inlaid turquoise eyes; horns extending up and over a rectangular shaped jet stone inlaid with a circular shaped piece of turquoise.Published ReferencesTorrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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