I fell in love with this ring and had to have it the moment I saw it. I do think that the turquoise is a replacement stone (notice how the MOP stone has a nice & tight bezel, but the turquoise has an ill-fitting and bent inward bezel). I was unable to find the full names of the artists, if anyone can help!
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That is an awesome ring.
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Thanks!!! I was way too excited to get it in the mail!!
I went almost to the last page on the internets and the only Edsitty that had a large amount of work listed with a 1st name shown was a Nita Edsitty.
V. & N. is proving elusive
seemed to be some crossing of Etsitty spellings too.
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@Steve Yeah I have never seen this last name spelled like this before. I usually see ”Etsitty.” I also could hardly find any other jewelry examples like this with animal motifs. Thank you for looking though!! 
The Horned Toad is very cool!
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It is for Vincent and Nita, the last name is a common spelling. They are from the Thoreau area but not sure they are still making jewelry. Artists will use a fine saw dust to put behind the stones to sit them up, possibly the original stone just has lost the saw dust.
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Thank you so much for the help. I’ve been struggling finding Vincent’s name.
I have a gorget center style Hopi, well hallmarked, necklace. The elongated teardrop stone fell out of the setting, immediately after purchase, revealing the sawdust bedding material. That was my education.
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