Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Buckle
Date: c. 1970
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 9.2 x 6.5 cm (3 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Medium: silver | turquoise | tortoiseshell | antler | abalone | spiny oyster
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1989-7-230
Not on view
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 are silver turquoise, antler, abalone, spiny oyster, and tortoiseshell. Mr. Seowtewa suggested that the artist may have been Porfilio Sheyka. He was one of the few artists who used quails in his designs.
In Collection(s)
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