Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1473A,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. 1890-1910 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Metal: Silver; Turquoise | |
Description | Pair of earrings, each consisting of pear-shaped turquoise nugget with small drilled hole at narrow end; Nuggets were likely originally strung on string or other cordage and subsequently converted to present form by addition of silver wire through perforation and attachment to silver findings; Each earrings is suspended from small loop on side of stainless steel screw-on earring post on whose end is mounted single silver bead; Earrings are unsigned. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.7, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 3.5 |