Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.
Necklace
Date: 1971
Artist or Maker: Juan Pedro Garcia
Dimensions:
9 x 36.5 x 2 cm (3 9/16 x 14 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Medium: heishi | olivela shell | coral | mother of pearl | spiny oyster | cotton
Credit Line: Gift of Betty and Luke Vortman, 2010.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2010-2-8
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit February 16 and 17, 2011 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 6”): Though the record says this is a Zuni piece, Mr. Seowtewa and Mr. Enote question whether Juan Pedro Garcia is a Zuni artist because Garcia is not a known Zuni surname. They suggested that the work may actually be that of a Zuni artist named David Tsikewa. The materials used are olivela heishi (probably commercially made), spiny oyster, coral, mother of pearl, and unknown black shell, and an unknown whitish/brownish shell (probably not cowry). One of the red birds has a broken tail.
In Collection(s)
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