Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bolo tie
Date: c. 1990
Artist or Maker: Beverly Etsate
Dimensions:
Tie Dimensions: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)
Slide Dimensions: 14.7 × 6.3 × 2.3 cm (5 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 in.)
Medium: silver | turquoise | jet | mother of pearl | gold lip mother of pearl | coral
Credit Line: Gift of Gretchen and Nelson Grice, 2010.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2010-7-1
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”): The figure represented in this bolo tie is a Ram Dancer. The figure was made using the raised mosaic inlay technique. The silver drops surrounding the figure are commercially made. The materials used in this piece are silver, turquoise, jet, mother of pearl, coral, and gold lip. The Zuni word for ram is hali’ku.
In Collection(s)
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