Kewa Pueblo Artist-WARREN NIETO-Artistically Made-Sugilite (Blue Corn) Puebloan Corn Maiden-Wearing Manta Shawl-Wearable Art Ring-6-1/2
Kewa Pueblo Artist-WARREN NIETO-Artistically Made-Sugilite (Blue Corn) Puebloan Corn Maiden-Wearing Manta Shawl-Wearable Art Ring-6-1/2
SALE FOR RING ONLY-
MATCHING PENDANT SHOWN IN PHOTO 11 ,WILL SOON BE LISTED & WILL BE FOUND UNDER 'PENDANTS! THE EARRINGS IN THE LAST PHOTO CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE “EARRINGS 3". CATEGORY
ABOUT THE PUEBLO CORN MAIDEN:
Corn is one of the most sacred plants known to Native American cultures on both continents, North and South America, where this staple has been a main food source for the native communities since time unknown. The tale of the Corn Maiden, and the importance of both the figure and all she represents in Pueblo Native American culture, these Maidens play a special role, symbolizing the prayers of the people for a bountiful harvest. They personify the bounty of life giving corn that grows in six different colors & in Pueblo tradition, it was long ago that the Corn-Maidens saved her people from famine and drought by nourishing them with sacred corn kernels from their bodies. You will always know the Corn "Maiden" by having whorls of hair on the side of her head, signifying that she is a young unmarried woman who will be without children. (As in this beautifully made ring)
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THE RING:
Art comes in all forms & much more than with just paints & brushes.. But to Kewa Pueblo Artist "Warren Nieto", art comes in a lapidary form where he will cut stones & shells of different colors & different textures in order to "Paint" his subject..
This wearable art Corn Maiden statement sized ring is just that.. A "Painting", showing the young woman as she stands in her body of corn that's made with mosaic inlaid cuts of purple Sugilite, (Blue Corn" represents the west) her Manta (maiden's Shawl)wrap that's made of Italian red Coral & Alabaster to cover & give warmth to her corn body. Her face is white shell,her features elegantly drawn..Left to the imagination of just how long her hair really is, is by the size of her large whorls .Bright blue round cuts of turquoise act a her earrings. & all of the materials are mosaic inlaid atop of the brown Pen shell..
The symbolic Maiden sits atop of a sterling shank that has Warren's "Kiva Step" design, both in stamp work & the adjustable opening.(See photo 7 & 8) It is presently set at a size 6-1/2.
This is a real gift to own & is like owning a painting by Warren & can be treasured just like any piece of 'Art" !
ARTIST: WARREN NIETO made EXCLUSIVELY for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry
TRIBE: KEWA PUEBLO (SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO)
SIZE: 6-1/2
MATERIALS: SUGILITE-WHITE SHELL-ITALIAN RED CORAL-ALABASTER-KINGMAN TURQUIOSE-PEN SHELL
METAL: STERLING (SHANK)
MAIDEN MEASUREMENT: 3-1/2" X 1-1/4" (WIDTH TAKEN AT WIDEST AREA)
WEIGHT: 31.4 GRAMS (1.11 OUNCES)
TECHNIQUE: TOTALLY MADE BY HAND-LAPIDARY-MOSAIC INLAY-LOVE & TIME!!
HALLMARK: "WN"-WITH 'KIVA STEPS/LADDER"
COME BOXED
**Will send boxed-USPS 1st class mail**
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Please Note:
In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements. If you need a phot of it on the finger, please email me!
I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color, so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. Monitor screens vary in color,so please take this into consideration.
