| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1677 |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork |
| Object Name |
Pin |
| 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. 1940 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Metal: Silver; Turquoise |
| Description |
Pin in the form of a single long-stemmed flower with adjacent unopened bud and large silver leaf; Petals of flower comprise 8 small elongated turquoise stones, each set in plain bezel and all mounted on silver back plate; Bud is made of similar single turquoise stone; Leaf is cut from sheet silver and stamped with series of lines to represent leaf's veins; Commercially made silver pin and clasp are soldered to reverse of flower and at base of leaf; Pin is unsigned. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 3.3, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 7.7 |