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Carving, turtle

Proper right side. Photograph by Gloria Bell. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Carving, turtle

Date: before 2006
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
1 × 2 × 1 cm (3/8 × 13/16 × 3/8 in.)
Medium: shell
Credit Line: Bequest of Estelle Rebec; received at the Indian Arts Research Center in 2006.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2007-1-311
Not on view
DescriptionYellow turtle, shell has incised pattern. It is drilled with a hole on just below the base of the neck to hang on a necklace.
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