Vintage Solid Sterling Silver Navajo Turquoise Statement Ring by the artisan Jack Adakai size R (USA 8.5)

Beautiful, large turquoise sterling silver statement ring. A stunning piece of art and craftsmanship. Oxidised & polished details surround the stunning turquoise cabochon, by the renown artisan Jack Adakai.

Size R (USA 8.5)
Length of ring 2.5 cms (1”)
Weight 9.5 grams

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JACK ADAKAI (Active 1950’s-1980) was a brilliant Navajo silversmith who lived the quiet, rural life of a traditional Navajo way out on the Navajo reservation at the far edge of western New Mexico in the era before the worldwide web, before smartphones and texting, before Facebook, Google, Instagram and Twitter, before the rise of “superstar” Indian Artists becoming social media and cultural sensations. Were Jack Adakai alive and working today, he might well be one of these himself based on his exceptional artistic abilities.

Adakai worked at various times for the various prominent trading companies in western New Mexico; C.G. Wallace, Tobe Turpen, M.L. Woodard and he also worked with the Foutz trading family of Farmington and Shiprock, NM. Adakai’s work is characterized by its generally larger scale and its excellent mastery of all traditional Navajo silversmithing techniques, such as tufa-casting, fabrication, stamp, chisel, repoussee and file work. In addition to his own formidable silversmithing abilities, Adakai was also an excellent teacher and mentor in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s to his young clan nephew, the now highly-renowned Navajo silversmith, McKee Platero (b.1957), who is himself today an international internet sensation and social media superstar made so by his legion of adoring fans.