Native American cobblestone inlay ring sterling silver Cecil Ashley Navajo

Cecil Ashley - Navajo Sterling Silver
Brown Cobblestone Inlay Ring
HK Item #NR459

Native American Navajo cobblestone inlay Ring Sterling Silver Turquoise inlay

Size	8 3/4 5/16" wide at the front tapering to 3/16" at back
Materials	Tiger Eye, Jet, Jasper, Read about stones Sterling silver, Read about silver
Hallmarks	none
Artist	unknown

Native American Navajo cobblestone inlay Ring Sterling Silver Turquoise inlay

What is cobblestone inlay?

This style of inlay is called cobblestone or cornrow inlay. Besides cutting the stones so that they fit into an intricate pattern, the artist must also bevel each stone on every edge. This requires great skill and time and investment in materials.

You can easily see why this is sometimes referred to as cobblestone if you've ever seen a cobblestone street in an old historic section of a US city or abroad. Native American artists often call it cornrow inlay because in some patterns, the rows resemble corn kernels on a cob.

Cecil Ashley - Navajo Sterling Silver
Cobblestone Inlay Ring
Size 8 3/4

NR459 - $135 plus s/h
(ONLY ONE AVAILABLE)

Why isn't this item called Native American?

The US Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and its recent Amendments require that items described as Native American or Indian be made by an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. Furthermore, government regulations suggest that all attributions include the Native American Indian's name, tribe and federal tribal enrollment number. Because it is impossible to identify the artist for many vintage items, even if they are authentic Indian made items, we cannot and will not use the words Native American or Indian in association with such pieces.

Read about authenticity of Native American Indian jewelry.