Description:
A silver shield design ring.
The band of the ring is 0.3 cm wide. It is filed a straight edge and
bent to a circle which overlapped at both ends. The plate is worked
into the shape of shield, which is decorated with little dots, lines,
half-circles in repousse. The repousse design forms a geometric
pattern. There are 4 chased motifs of circles in the center. The plate
is then soldered onto the band in the middle. Both Yi women and men
wear silver rings.
This is a woman's ring, made by Loge (Smith) Nyuppu (born 1965) of
Meigu County.
See:
(see pictures on page 192-193 in The Yi Nationality of Liangshan
Mountain, 1992)
