Silver Ring with Turquoise Stone and Jet Inlay by Frank Vacit, c.1950

Item: IOJ5915
Material: silver and turquoise
Size: size 5.5, 1 1/4" width and 1 1/2"height.
Period: Historic
Origin: Zuni Pueblo
Artist: Frank Vacit

A ring by Zuni artist Frank Vacit, featuring a natural turquoise nugget surrounded by channel-inlaid jet, C. 1950. Stamped with Vacit’s signature fleur-de-lis. Vacit was a pioneer of the channel-inlay technique, and worked directly with C.G. Wallace, who owned the trading post at Zuni Pueblo. From the collection of Helen Corcoran, assistant to C.G. Wallace.

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