Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.
Watch charm
Date: 1930s
Attributed to: Leekya Deyuse (1889 - 1966)
Dimensions:
9.3 × 6.4 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/2 × 11/16 in.)
Medium: silver | turquoise | coral
Credit Line: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1952.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.S745
On view
at at the Albuquerque Museum, Jun. 7 - Jul. 7, 2019
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 item are silver, turquoise, and coral. The current catalog Item Name says this piece is called a “cow’s head.” There is no way to tell if this is meant to represent a cow or a bull.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Leekya
- Pg. 53
- Fig. Plate 18b
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