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Object Number 2000.23.51
Display Title Shell "depression necklace" with shell and turquoise pendants
Descriptions
Object Description "Depression necklace" composed of heishi shell and eleven large pendant shell elements overlaid with a matrix of turquoise chips and blcak rectangles, probably composed of bits of automobile battery casings
Inventory Description Shell necklace with shell and turquoise discoidal beads with larger pendants.
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date 1920-1949 ca.
Culture
  • Santo Domingo?
  • Zuni?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Sandoval County / <City> / Pueblo of Santo Domingo?; Pueblo of Zuni?
Dimensions Overall: 55.88 x 2.7 x 1 cm (22 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.23.51; Cushman 81.27
Credit Line Gift of Harriet C. Cushman
Provenance
Collector Harriet C. Cushman (8/3/2000)
Donor Estate of Harriet C. Cushman (8/3/2000)

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