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Catalog Number CAS 0370-1309   CAS 0370-1309; Bolo tie
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bolo tie
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Charles Loloma (1921-1991)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Leather
Description Bolo tie comprising tufa-cast truncated triangular silver bar that includes 4-point star design in the casting, mounted on black braided leather strings, whose ends are wrapped with silver sheets that terminate in silver spherical beads; Signature hallmark "Loloma" and the word "STERLING" are stamped on reverse of silver bar.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.2, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 51.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1310   CAS 0370-1310; Bolo tie
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bolo tie
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Victor Coochwytewa (1922-2011)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Leather
Description Bolo tie consisting of asymmetrical, dish-shaped silver disk that is delicately etched with 8 petroglyph motifs, including cloud, sun, deer, and geometric shapes; Hopi cloud symbol done in overlay technique is supported in center on short pedestal; Silver disk is stamped on reverse with Victor Coochwytewa's hallmark of a cloud symbol; Disk is strung on black braided leather rope and held in place by silver wire soldered onto reverse; Ends of braided leather rope are wrapped in silver cones, each stamped with 2 decorative bands and terminating in bead-like spheres.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.7, Thickness = 1.3, Length = ca. 49.5

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1311   CAS 0370-1311; Bolo tie
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bolo tie
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1957
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Leather
Description Bolo tie comprising round silver disk with scalloped edges and central cutout design of cloud motif; Disk is strung on brown braided leather cord, whose ends are threaded through three silver wire loops soldered to back of bolo; Ends of cord are wrapped in silver sheeting and terminate in small silver spherical beads; Tie is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = ca. 47.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1312   CAS 0370-1312; Bolo tie
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bolo tie
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. 1950-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Turquoise; Silver metal; Plastic; Leather
Description Bolo tie comprising rectangular black plastic slide, on which is mounted a bust portrait of a Plains Indian man shown with long black braided hair with feathers in his hair and wearing red shirt, all against turquoise background; Figure is modeled in plastic and is done in mosaic technique; Tie slide is glued to stainless steel or German silver plate through which braided black leather cord is strung; Ends of cord are covered with stainless steel conical covers whose notched rims are pinched around cord; Bolo tie is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 0.9, Length = ca. 44.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1313   CAS 0370-1313; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1314   CAS 0370-1314; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1315   CAS 0370-1315; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1316   CAS 0370-1316; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1317   CAS 0370-1317; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1318   CAS 0370-1318; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1319   CAS 0370-1319; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1320   CAS 0370-1320; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1321   CAS 0370-1321; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1322   CAS 0370-1322; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1323   CAS 0370-1323; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1324   CAS 0370-1324; Dinner knife
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner knife
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver; Stainless steel
Description Dinner knife with straight-edged stainless steel blade with rounded distal end; Hand forged silver handle expands slightly at proximal end, where it is stamped on both faces with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, at Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 23.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1325   CAS 0370-1325; Dinner fork
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner fork
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Three-tined dinner fork with flat, constricted handle whose rounded proximal end expands in width and is stamped with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1326   CAS 0370-1326; Dinner fork
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner fork
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Three-tined dinner fork with flat, constricted handle whose rounded proximal end expands in width and is stamped with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1327   CAS 0370-1327; Dinner fork
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner fork
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Three-tined dinner fork with flat, constricted handle whose rounded proximal end expands in width and is stamped with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1328   CAS 0370-1328; Dinner fork
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner fork
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Three-tined dinner fork with flat, constricted handle whose rounded proximal end expands in width and is stamped with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.6
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