<I>"Far West"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1977
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the “Far West" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring’s band is a sterling silver wire shaped into a serpentine-shaped band. Placed on top of each end of the serpentine-shaped band is a triangular head. One triangular head is a large red and purple agate gemstone set in a bezel setting, encased in metal overlapping the edges of the gemstone. The second triangular head is a small silver triangle with a smaller gold triangle on top of it. The ring has two hallmarks on the backside of the large triangular head, [STERLING] and Smith’s signature [Art Smith].
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Ring by Art Smith
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Russell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.12.11
objectType: label: Type
content: finger rings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: sterling silver, fourteen-carat gold and agate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (4.4 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm)