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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.

Bracelet

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.

Bracelet

Date: 1952
Artist or Maker: Bowman Peywa
Dimensions:
Overall: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Medium: silver | Sardinian coral
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, for inclusion in the Mary Austin Memorial Collection, 1952.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.S715
Not on view
DescriptionBracelet, twelve rows of coral set in channel inlay; hollow sheet silver with eighty-four pieces of red Sardinian coral.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit February 17 and 18, 2010 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 4”): The artist name, catalog description, and materials listed on the catalog card are correct. The technique that was used to set the coral into the silver is called channel inlay.
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