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Bolo tie of Sunface figure set with coral and turquoise
Bolo tie of Sunface figure set with coral and turquoise
Object Number 995-29-10/73122
Display Title Bolo tie of Sunface figure set with coral and turquoise
Descriptions
Object Description Navajo bolo tie from 1980s. Well done silver slider of a full figured Sunface with a stamped-patterned feather headdress and stamp detail on shirt, kilt, and ceremonial sash, all in silver. Tear-drop shaped piece of turquoise set in fine bezel in center of kilt with two oval corals set in fine silver bezel on the right side. Feet protrude foreward. Head is shadow-boxed, with cut-outs for eyes and mouth. Hallmark on reverse of a circle with a branch off the top, says inside "HYSON CRAIG IHMSS" around the perimeter with a stylized "HC" in the center. Plaited black leather cord ends in nice stamped balls. which end in three-petalled squash blossoms. 14.1 cm high, 8.2 cm wide, 2.2 cm deep; cord is 119 cm total length. Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Ha[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Leather bolo tie, silver stamped sunface figure slider, coral, turquoise stones.
Classification
  • Tie
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980-1989
Artist Hyson Craig
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials Silver, Leather, Turquoise, Coral
Dimensions Overall: 14.2 x 8 x 1.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 7/16 in.) Distance (Cord length): 119 x 1 x 2.2 x 8.2 cm (3/8 x 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73122; 990-
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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