| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1803 |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork |
| Object Name |
Necklace |
| Culture |
Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
New Mexico |
| County |
Sandoval |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1910 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Turquoise; Shell: oyster and spiny oyster (Spondylus sp.); Cotton string; Leather |
| Description |
3-strand necklace comprising mostly small white oyster shell disc beads and smaller amounts of other white shell beads and regularly spaced Spondylus shell and turquoise tabular beads, all strung on cotton string; Ends of each strand are knotted together into single strand at top and wrapped in buckskin lace. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Length = ca. 36.0 |