The Thai Karen Hill Tribe is world renowned for its expert skill in silver craftsmanship with high purity silver alloys, In this piece, a band of high purity Hill tribe silver (95-99% purity) is hammered thin and detailed with a cute and chubby Thai elephant surrounded by hand detailed sterling silver engravings. This wrap ring was designed by Thailand's expert silver Artisan Khun [ARTISAN] who has over 20 years of silversmith and fine jewelry experience.
Because of the manufacturing process, each piece is completely unique and enhanced with oxidized contrasts. This ring is one of our best sellers and is a great addition to the jewelry collection of women and girls of all ages.
Please note that pictures are not true to size, see dimension for actual size.
The Karen tribe is the largest hill tribes across Thailand. Thai Karen silver is between 99.5 percent and 99.9 percent pure silver. Karen silver has higher silver content then Sterling Silver thus making the material easy to bend and shape into forms. The hand-hammered and chiseled details are unique trademark of the Karen hill tribe and show that each piece has been formed by the hands of skilled Karen craftsmen.
SKU: | PR-0646-0 |
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Condition: | New |
Size: | Adjustable from 8-9 |
Metal: | Thai Karen 0.95-0.99 Fine Silver |
Finish: | Shiny, oxidized |
Style: | Hill Tribal, animal, elephant |
Weight: | 9.0 grams |
Elephant Measurements: | 18mm (0.71 inch) wide x 23mm (0.90 inch) long |
Band Measurements: | 24mm (0.94 inch) widest |
Trademark: | No hallmark, hand made, hand-hammered by a Karen craftsman |