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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.

Necklace

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.

Necklace

Date: before 1927
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Medium: silver | turquoise
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for permanent collection, for inclusion in the Mary Austin Memorial Collection.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.S485
Not on view
DescriptionSixty-two fluted hollow silver beads, twelve squash blossom beads; naja with triangular green turquoise set.
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 in this necklace are silver and turquoise. The current catalog description says the piece has twelve “pomegranate” beads. These are better known as “squash blossoms.”
In Collection(s)
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