Large Rainbow God Pin

Zuni

Item Purchased
Marked Down $450.00: Gallery Price $675.00

Title: Large Rainbow God Pin
Artist: Zuni
Medium: Sterling silver, jet, natural turquoise, mediterranean coral, mother of pearl
Size: 3 1/2" height X 1 3/4" width at widest point
Date of creation: 1930's to mid 40's
Condition: Excellent
Description: Rainbow god is the bringer of rain, an important deity in Southwestern indigenous cultures.
Provenance: B Nib

About The Large Rainbow God Pin

Sterling silver form--base, bezels and ornamentation are all fabrication constructed from ingot wire and sheet except for the safety catch pin back. The last item is a commercial silver finding.

Materials used for the inlay represent the four (4) scared directions: Jet, red coral, white pearl shell and blue turquoise. All these are 100% natural and of the highest quality available.

Stones, coral and shell were precisely cut and glued, one to another, following the artist's design, then set within the appropriate fitted serrated bezels to form the Rainbow god's body.

As it "comes to life" in completion, it seems to dance !!

About Zuni

The best book to explain the steps in creating Zuni jewelry is Oscar Branson's Indian Jewelry Making. Volume II.

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