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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2021 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2021 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

Date: 1953-2000
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Tie Dimensions: 46.8 cm (18 7/16 in.)
Slide Dimensions: 7 × 6.5 × 2.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Medium: silver | black leather | shell | jet | mother of pearl | turquoise
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Fabrizia Marcus, 2000.
Object Number: SAR.2000-1-4
Not on view
DescriptionBlack leather braided bolo with teardrop shape slide of silver bezel holding mosaic inlaid scallop shell. Scallop-edged silver bezel stamped with fan shape. Upper portion of design has turquoise mosaics around a stepped pyramid of white shell mosaics. Silver ribbon separates upper and lower bands of mosaics. Center band composed of alternating jet and mother of pearl mosaics. Red-orange spiny oyster shell at bottom half of design. Back stamped at top and bottom with "E" and a small crescent at lower right of "E." Levered clasp soldered to back. Braided bolo finished with silver cone-shaped tips with banded ball at tip.
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