Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.
Necklace
Date: c. 1950
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
Medium: silver | spiny oyster | coral | turquoise | jet | mother of pearl | white mussel shell
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith, 1988.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1988-6-22
Not on view
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 silver, turquoise, coral, jet, mother of pearl (not abalone), white mussel shell, and spiny oyster shell. There is a note from the 1997 Pueblo Jewelry Convocation that says the artist for this piece may have been Simplicio von Fleece. However, Mr. Seowtewa and Mr. Enote are not familiar with that name. They suggested that it might have been made by Dan Simplicio. The Zuni word for rainbow is amidolanne.
In Collection(s)
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