Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bolo tie
Date: c. 1965
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 13.4 x 15.3 cm (5 1/4 x 6 in.)
Medium: tortoiseshell | turquoise | coral | stone | melon shell | leather
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith, 1988.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1988-6-10
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit February 17 and 18, 2010 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 4”): This piece depicts an Eagle dancer. The technique used is channel inlay. The silver tips at the ends of the leather braid are in the shape of drums. They are very similar to the tips on SAR.1988-6-8 and the two pieces may have been made by the same artist. The materials used are silver, tortoiseshell, turquoise, mother of pearl, coral, melon shell and a green stone that may be green rhyolite. The catalog card says white mussel is used, but the white is mother of pearl. It also says that the beak is made of bone, but it is melon shell.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Santa Fe Indian Market
- Pg. 75
- Fig. N/A
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