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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1479A,B   CAS 0370-1479A,B; Earrings
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Earrings
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1920-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Turquoise
Description Pair of earrings, each comprising a small triangular silver back plate on which is set a large turquoise stone in notched bezel; Pendant from lower edge of back plate are two teardrop-shaped silver disks; Length of silver wire is bent into series of terraces and soldered to upper sides and top of back plate; Entire earring is suspended by short silver wire from commercial screw-on earring post that is stamped "Sterling" and to which small silver dome has been soldered.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 5.7