Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bolo tie
Date: c. 1960
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 6.4 cm (5 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Medium: melon shell | turtle shell | spiny oyster | coral | mother of pearl | mussel shell | jet | turquoise | silver
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith, 1988.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1988-6-6
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 Naha Lisho kokko. The technique used is channel inlay. The materials used are silver, turquoise, jet, coral, abalone, pink mussel, mother of pearl, melon shell, tortoiseshell, and spiny oyster. The catalog card states that white mussel shell is used, but this is incorrect; the white shell is mother of pearl. It also says a “cream sea shell” is used; this is the melon shell. The piece would be held in place on a leather braid by rings on the back and a clasp.
In Collection(s)
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