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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Bolo tie

Date: 1953-2000
Dimensions:
Tie Dimensions: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.)
Slide Dimensions: 5.1 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm (2 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in.)
Medium: black leather | silver | jet | turquoise | coral | mother of pearl | malachite | lapis
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Fabrizia Marcus, 2000.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2000-1-6
Not on view
DescriptionBlack leather braided bolo tie with keystone-shaped slide. 5.8cm silver cone-shaped tips ending with two fluted dome shapes (1.2cm) soldered together with a small silver band on bottom. Two fan-shaped designs stamped at top of tips. Silver slide of keystone shape, 5.1cm long by 4.4cm wide at top and 2cm wide at base. Flat inlay of jet, turquoise, coral, mother of pearl, lapis, and malachite. Pattern areas divided by silver bands. "H. Smith" and "Sterling" stamped on back face below clasp. Levered clasp soldered to back. Top pattern area 0.5cm high. Jet and turquoise triangular pieces set in sawtooth pattern, jet on top, turquoise on bottom. Jet pieces have flat silver circles set in middle of each piece. 3cm high sliver band marks top of middle pattern area. Middle area 2.1cm in height and divided by narrow silver band set on diagonal running from upper right to bottom left. Upper portion depicts sky of jet with varied sized silver circles as stars. 0.9cm sun face set in wide end of triangle (top portion coral and turquoise, bottom mother of pearl) with circle for mouth. (Areas defined by jet). Lower triangle band of lapis, coral, lapis, turquoise, jet with three silver circles, turquoise, lapis, mother of pearl (placement varying heights from top to bottom). Lower 2cm design consists of 1.7cm high malachite with one flat silver circle set in center, lower band of coral lapis turquoise of varying widths set from left to right.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit December 7 and 8, 2010 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 5”): The materials used are leather, silver, jet, turquoise, coral, mother of pearl, lapis lazuli, and malachite. The technique used is flat mosaic inlay. The silver tips are commercially made. The artist, H. Smith, may not be Zuni; this should be researched.
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