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Object Number
995-29-10/73059
Display Title
Plains dancer inlaid turquoise bolo tie
Descriptions
Object Description
Zuni silver bolo slider from 1960s, in shape of full-figured Plains dancer with full feathered headdress. Totally done in carved flat turquoise with carved facial features and details on ceremonial clothing, mosaic inlay set onto silver base (barely visible). Both arms are outstretched. Braided leather cord with silver drums on the ends of the cord. Signed on back "EAB Zuni.", hallmark of Edward Beyuka.
15.5 x 8 x 1.4 cm (H x W x D); cord approx. 110 cm long.
Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co. 1989.
Inventory Description
Leather bolo tie, silver slider, human male figure highly adorned of turquoise i
Classification
- Tie
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1969
Artist
Edward Beyuka
Culture
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Silver, Turquoise, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 7.8 x 1.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Distance (Cord length): 110 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73059
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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