Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Pin
Date: c. 1950
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Medium: silver | jet | turquoise | spiny oyster | white mussel shell
Credit Line: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1952.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.S743
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”): The description on the catalog card is correct. The materials for this piece are listed on the catalog card are “silver, jet, turquoise, pink and white shell.” The “pink shell” is spiny oyster.
As per Jim 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 pin are silver, spiny oyster, jet, turquoise, and white mussel. The technique used is mosaic inlay.
In Collection(s)
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