Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1472A,B | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Earrings | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver; Turquoise | |
| Description | Pair of earrings, each consisting of triangular turquoise stone mounted in plain bezel on silver back plate of same size; Silver strip laid on edge is bent into 3 elongated loops and soldered to lower edge of bezel; Entire earring is pendant from small loop on side of stainless steel earring post on whose end is affixed a single silver bead; Earrings are unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.2, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 3.1 | |