Product Description
Gorgeous 14kt Gold Ring with Large Coral in the Center by Zuni/Navajo artist, Jake Livingston. The edge is inlaid with Lapis and Coral. The handmade shank is stamped with arcs and fans.
Jake Livingston was born in 1945. He is of Navajo/Zuni descent, and grew up in Pine Haven New Mexico. Jake graduated from Window Rock High School. He joined the Marine Corp in 1966, served in the Vietnam War and was a policeman before becoming a jeweler. Jake learned his jewelry making skills from watching his father, Jacob Haloo. He has been actively making jewelry since the early 1970’s and has become a master jeweler and inlay artist. He was named the Indian Arts & Crafts Association’s Artist of the Year in 1988. Jake continues to produce some of the finest Native American jewelry today.