Cufflink
Date: c. 1950
Attributed to: Porfilio Sheyka (born 1938)
Dimensions:
3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Medium: silver | antler | coral | turquoise | jet | mother of pearl
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1989-7-272A
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2011 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 7”): The materials used are silver, antler, coral, turquoise, mother of pearl, and jet. There is a thin strip of mother of pearl on the birds’ heads. The crests of each bird are made with a different stone.
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