Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bolo tie
Date: c. 1965
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Tie Dimensions: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.)
Slide Dimensions: 7.7 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm (3 1/16 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
Medium: antler | tortoiseshell | coral | turquoise | jet | silver | leather
Credit Line: Gift of Henry S. Galbraith, 1988.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1988-6-12
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 a mule deer, not an elk as stated on the catalog card. Mule deer have large ears like those on this piece. The technique used is channel inlay, but it would have to be described as raised or 3-D channel inlay. There is a strange green tarnish on the silver in the deer’s headdress. The materials used are silver, antler, tortoiseshell, turquoise, coral, and jet. The jet for the eyes, nose, and mouth is an example of using ground jet to fill in very small spaces. Jet is ground to a powder and then mixed with a glue to turn it black. This paste is used to fill very small areas like the eyes, nostrils, and mouth on this deer. A lighter-colored material, such as antler, can be ground down and mixed in with the jet/glue mixture to achieve a streaked effect.
In Collection(s)
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