| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1303 |
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| 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 |