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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1496A,B   CAS 0370-1496A,B; Earrings
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. 1960-1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Turquoise
Description Pair of earrings, each consisting of wheel-polished, pear-shaped turquoise nugget glued into 4-pronged silver finding at narrow end and suspended from small loop attached to side of stainless steel screw-on earring posts on whose ends are mounted a single silver bead; Earrings are unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.5, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 3.5