Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1492A,B | |
| 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 in form of a butterfly with spread wings; Small oval turquoise stone set in plain bezel on a silver back plate makes up butterfly's body; Wings are formed of wire that is bent to shape and soldered to sides of turquoise setting; Pendant from butterfly's tail is small flower whose center is a small turquoise stone and whose petals are also of bent silver wire; Entire earring is suspended from medallion-like silver disk whose edges are also encircled by series of bent wire loops and which is soldered to commercial silver screw-on earring post that is stamped "Sterling"; Earrings are unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.3, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 6.7 | |