Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Earrings, pair
Date: c.1960
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Part A: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Part B: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Medium: stone | shell | silver
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1989-7-265AB
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2011 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 7”): The materials used are an unknown stone (birds), unknown shell (heishi), and silver. The earring hooks are commercially manufactured. Mr. Seowtea and Mr. Enote think the artist may have been Rudy Tsikewa.
In Collection(s)
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