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Object Number
995-29-10/73123
Display Title
Bolo tie of Yei in silver and turquoise
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo bolo tie from 1960s-1970s. Very stylized yei figure with three large tear drop pieces of pale green spider web turquoise in the headdress, smaller pieces of turquoise for the ears, and an oval piece mounted in the center of the kilt. All turquoise set in simple bezel with rope trim. Small blue turquoise pieces at the wrists and for eyes. Yeibichai figure wears kilt with squash blossom necklace and has protruding tubular mouth and bent legs. Reverse is stamped with "HL", hallmark for Helen Long. Cord is plaited black leather, terminating in simple tips with disc endings.
12 cm high, 6.5 cm wide, 2.2 cm deep; cord is 111 cm total length.
Hallmark identified in: Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co. 1989.
Inventory Description
Leather bolo tie, silver stamped figure slider, turquoise stone adornment.
Classification
- Tie
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1979
Artist
Helen Long
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials
Silver, Leather, Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 12.1 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Distance (Cord length): 111 x 2.2 x 6.5 x 12 cm (7/8 x 2 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73123
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1950-1993)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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