Featured in this lot is this Vintage Zuni Effie Calavaza Sterling Silver Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and Oxblood Branch Coral signed large ring. This is a rare, vintage and iconic snake men’s ring by renowned Zuni Pueblo silversmith Effie Calavaza (1927-2019, Zuni). The ring is crafted from sterling silver, signed and marked and set with Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise and Mediterranean Oxblood Branch Coral with Effie’s unmistakable and renowned “snake” pattern showing the coiling snakes over the Turquoise and branch coral stones going around the stones with two snake heads having branch coral snake eyes. Effie C. Calavaza (1927-2019) was a master silversmith born in 1927 in Zuni, New Mexico as Effie Lankeseon. She lived her entire life at Zuni Pueblo. She married Juan Calavaza (1910-1970), who was a renowned silversmith in his own right, and taught her the artform. Until her husbands death in 1970, she signed her own work with her husband’s signature, “JUAN C. -ZUNI”, later signing “EFFIE C. ZUNI", as this piece is correctly signed. Her signature style depicts snakes winding around the central gemstones, typically using the sand-cast silver method. Snakes are an important symbol in Zuni healing and fertility rituals. The ring features a large men’s heavy example with the snakes coiling around the ring and over the stones with Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise petit point inlaid eyes overtop of the polished cabochon of Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise with Mediterranean Oxblood Branch Coral all bezel set. Effie's hallmark is stamped on the inside of the ring, "EFFIE C. ZUNI". The ring is in beautiful condition. The ring is a size US 12 to 12 ¼. Box measurements are 1.25-inches by 1 1/8-inches by 1.25-inches. Total weight of 24.4 grams.