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<p>[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 79339, member: 32"]As for the ring , the Navajo like to wrap twisted wire around the stone....yours looks to be a silver casting that SIMULATES the look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not cast,handmade.Look at the stone shapes and the silver formed by hand to conform to each stone. Before the twisted wire a flat bezel is shaped then the pieces soldered together first the then stone added then burnished to hold it in. Also a typical split shank soldered to the bacck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 79339, member: 32"]As for the ring , the Navajo like to wrap twisted wire around the stone....yours looks to be a silver casting that SIMULATES the look.[/QUOTE] Not cast,handmade.Look at the stone shapes and the silver formed by hand to conform to each stone. Before the twisted wire a flat bezel is shaped then the pieces soldered together first the then stone added then burnished to hold it in. Also a typical split shank soldered to the bacck.[/QUOTE]
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