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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1656   CAS 0370-1656; Pin
Category Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Pin
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Coconino
Other Geographic Data Community: Cameron area
Maker's Name John Anderson
Date of Manufacture 1949
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Rectangular pin made in overlay technique; Cut out, mirror-image of paired and stacked open triangles is soldered to solid, convex silver back plate and bordered along each long edge by thin silver strip; Commercially made clasp pin is soldered to reverse; Pin is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 6.8