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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1503   CAS 0370-1503; Necklace
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Necklace
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Turquoise; Cotton string
Description Necklace comprising 2 strands that alternate barrel-shaped silver beads with groups of spherical silver beads; 16 spacer bars are stamped on edge with parallel diagonal lines and terminate in small round or oval turquoise stone in plain bezel mounted on silver back plate; Beads and spacer bars are strung on cotton string; Naja pendant is made from pair of tufa-cast bars soldered together, whose ends each terminate in teardrop-shaped turquoise stone in plain bezel; Slightly larger teardrop-shaped stone in plain bezel is pendant in center of naja; Necklace is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.7, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 36.7