Keel

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is the Keel ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The sterling silver ring is made of one piece of silver. It has a large, diamond-shaped bridge, which is also one end of the band. The remaining band creates the base of the ring with the other end of the band vertically running through the diamond-shaped bridge. A movable, spherical, smoothly polished green jade is set between the crossroads of the ring’s ends/bridge. The ring has two hallmarks on the inside of the band, Smith’s signature [Art Smith] and [STERLI-].

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