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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1645 | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Pin | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Douglas Holmes (deceased) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Round pin with a keyhole shaped, oxidized area done in the overlay technique and enclosing a single scorpion figure, done in the appliqué technique; Steel pin and clasp are soldered onto reverse; Hallmarks of butterfly (Douglas Holmes) and of sun (Douglas Holmes' personal stamp for Hopi Silvercraft Guild) are stamped on reverse, along with "Sterling." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.2, Max Diam = 5.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1452 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Pin or tie tack | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Pinal | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Scottsdale | |
| Maker's Name | Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (1922-1993) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1957 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver; Enamel | |
| Description | Pin or tie tack comprising triangular enameled plate in variegated colors of red, black, and green, mounted in a plain bezel on a silver back plate; Silver stud is soldered to reverse of pin and fitted with commercial silver push-release fastener; Pin is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.0, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 3.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1715 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Ring | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Paul Saufkie (1904-1998) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Ring with shank that is divided into 3 sections at point it joins elongated, rectangular face plate; Katsina figure, possibly that of Crow Mother, is done in overlay technique; Hallmark of cloud (Paul Saufkie) is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.9, Depth = 2.0, Length = 3.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1736 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Ring | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Paul Saufkie (1904-1998) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1949 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Ring with shank that is divided into 3 sections where it joins rectangular silver face plate; Geometric motif of 2 straight edged triangles and 2 terraced triangles is done in overlay technique; Design is similar to that on bracelet CAS 0370-1534; Underlying silver plate is not oxidized; Hallmark of cloud (Paul Saufkie) is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.0, Depth = 2.1, Length = 2.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1738 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Ring | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1945 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Elongated oval ring with feather and parrot wing motif done in overlay technique; Ends of narrow shank split into two parts where they are soldered to back of ring; Ring is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.0, Depth = 2.1, Length = 3.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1739 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Ring | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Paul Saufkie (1904-1998) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1949 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Ring with shank that is divided into 4 sections where it is joined to elongated, rectangular face plate; Geometric design of rectilinear fret and series of short parallel lines is done in overlay technique and is similar to design on bracelet CAS 0370-1534 and earrings CAS 0370-1488A,B; Hallmark of cloud (Paul Saufkie) is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.0, Depth = 2.0, Length = 2.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1614 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bracelet | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass | |
| Description | Bracelet comprising glass trade beads from Alaska; Bracelet is strung of alternate white and red tubular beads, with 4 shorter light blue beads placed at regular intervals, all strung on 2 strands of cordage. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.7, Length = ca. 9.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1475A,B |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Earrings | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1957 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clam shell; Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Pair of earrings, each comprising wide silver cylindrical bead, flanked on each end by 4 white shell disc beads, all strung on length of silver wire that terminates with small domed silver button on bottom and is bent into loop at top, by which it is attached to silver commercial screw-on earring post; Earrings are unsigned but were probably made by same artist as CAS 0370-1700 (matching necklace). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 1.0, Length = 4.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1478A,B |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Earrings | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Shell; Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Pair of earrings, each comprising a rectangular piece of white shell that has been cut and ground to shape and drilled with a single hole near one short end; Handmade silver loop that passes through drilled hole is attached to commercial silver screw-on earring post (stamped "Sterling") which includes domed silver button; Earrings are unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.2, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 4.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1504 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Shell: Oyster and red abalone (Haliotis rufescens); Coral; Turquoise; Nylon or cotton string | |
| Description | 2-strand necklace of oyster shell heishi beads and numerous short coral tubular beads, all strung on nylon or cotton string; Both strands are strung through red abalone shell pendant in form of eagle, whose eyes and wings are inset with 9 small round turquoise plugs; Metal hook and eye clasp are attached to ends of beaded strands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.6, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 37.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1700 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1957 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clam shell; Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Single strand necklace of mostly round white shell disc beads, with 5 wide cylindrical silver beads spaced at regular intervals on lower half of necklace, all strung on 2 strands of cotton string; Ends of strand are fitted with silver hook and eye clasp; Necklace is unsigned but was probably made by same artist as CAS 0370-1475 (matching earrings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 1.3, Length = ca. 23.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1711 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Turquoise; Commercial string; Silver metal clasp | |
| Description | Single strand necklace comprising dark green turquoise disc beads of slightly graduated sizes, all strung on dark green plied string; On final 7 cm of each end of the strand, the disc beads are spaced by means of a small knot in the string between adjacent beads; Ends of necklace are fastened to commercial silver metal clasp. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.8, Length = 19.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1803 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Turquoise; Shell: oyster and spiny oyster (Spondylus sp.); Cotton string; Leather | |
| Description | 3-strand necklace comprising mostly small white oyster shell disc beads and smaller amounts of other white shell beads and regularly spaced Spondylus shell and turquoise tabular beads, all strung on cotton string; Ends of each strand are knotted together into single strand at top and wrapped in buckskin lace. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Length = ca. 36.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1693 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Pin | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver; Turquoise | |
| Description | Pin made from series of silver wires that are laid alongside each other and soldered together, with both ends of each wire bent into an elongated loop; Three mismatched turquoise beads (1 oval, 1 round, and 1 a truncated triangle) are mounted separately on front, each in a plain bezel, and with their drilled holes filled with silver wire; Commercial silver pin and clasp are soldered to reverse; Pin is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 9.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1312 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bolo tie | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Turquoise; Silver metal; Plastic; Leather | |
| Description | Bolo tie comprising rectangular black plastic slide, on which is mounted a bust portrait of a Plains Indian man shown with long black braided hair with feathers in his hair and wearing red shirt, all against turquoise background; Figure is modeled in plastic and is done in mosaic technique; Tie slide is glued to stainless steel or German silver plate through which braided black leather cord is strung; Ends of cord are covered with stainless steel conical covers whose notched rims are pinched around cord; Bolo tie is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.9, Thickness = 0.9, Length = ca. 44.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1303 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bolo tie | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Shell: spiny oyster (Spondylus sp.) and other shell; Turquoise; Silver metal; Leather | |
| Description | Bolo tie comprising rectangular mosaic tie slide showing geometric pattern of Spondylus shell and turquoise mounted on white shell plate on reverse; Commercial stainless steel (?) finding is glued to reverse of tie slide and length of brown rawhide is threaded through it; Ends of rawhide are covered with commercial stainless steel (?) conical covers whose notched rims are pinched around rawhide; Bolo tie is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.7, Thickness = 1.3, Length = ca. 47.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1476A,B |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Earrings | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Silver metal | |
| Description | Pair of earrings, each consisting of a sherd from a prehistoric black-on-red pottery vessel; Edges of sherd have been ground to form teardrop shape; Small hole drilled through narrow end of sherd is fitted with silver wire that is twisted into loop and attached to commercial silver metal screw-on earring post. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 0.9, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 4.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1703 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Olivella shell; Metal: Silver; String | |
| Description | Single strand necklace comprising mostly thin Olivella shell disc beads of graduated sizes and 4 handmade barrel-shaped silver beads, all strung on multi-plied nylon or waxed string; Ends of necklace are fitted to handmade silver hook and eye clasp; Necklace is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 1.1, Length = ca. 21.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1713 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Shell; Cotton string | |
| Description | Single strand necklace of white shell disc beads, all of the same size, and strung on plied cotton string; Ends of necklace are knotted together to form continuous strand. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.9, Length = ca. 59.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1805 |  |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1937 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Unidentified shell; Turquoise; Jet; Cotton string | |
| Description | Single strand necklace comprising 26 elongated white shell beads with mosaic design done in turquoise chips and jet and larger pendant of similar design, all strung on cotton string with white shell disk beads between adjacent mosaic beads and at upper end of necklace; Necklace is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 11.0, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 41.0 | |
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