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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1805   CAS 0370-1805; Necklace
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. 1937
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Unidentified shell; Turquoise; Jet; Cotton string
Description Single strand necklace comprising 26 elongated white shell beads with mosaic design done in turquoise chips and jet and larger pendant of similar design, all strung on cotton string with white shell disk beads between adjacent mosaic beads and at upper end of necklace; Necklace is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 11.0, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 41.0