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SAR.1988-6-8 (bolo tie) shown with SAR.1988-6-28 (pin). Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

SAR.1988-6-8 (bolo tie) shown with SAR.1988-6-28 (pin).
Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

Date: c. 1965
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
7.6 × 7 cm (3 × 2 3/4 in.)
Medium: tortoiseshell | abalone | coral | turquoise | white mussel shell | silver | leather
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith, 1988.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1988-6-8
Not on view
DescriptionBolo tie with a flying pheasant slider. Materials used are silver, tortoiseshell, abalone, coral, turquoise, and white mussel shell. Silver tips, stamped, in the shape of small drums, 2-1/2" inches long. silver tips, stamped. Thirty-two inch commercial leather braid. (SAR.1988-6-8 (bolo tie) shown in photo along with SAR.1988-6-28 (pin).)
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit February 17 and 18, 2010 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 4”): The technique use is channel inlay. The silver tips at the ends of the leather braid are in the shape of drums. They are very similar to the tips on SAR.1988-6-10 and the two pieces may have been made by the same artist. The materials used are silver, tortoiseshell, abalone, coral, turquoise, and white mussel.
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