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Object Number
2013.23.1
Display Title
Fetish necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spondylus, shell, and turquoise necklace. This necklace is formed from a series of both turquoise and shell discoidal beads of which the majority are turquoise and the white shell beads are only present at the back. There are carved animal fetishes of birds, bears, and foxes in a variety of stones along the sides. Additionally there are carved spondylus elements of which eight are ducks in flight, four on each side, and one is the central pendant that is also inlaid with turqouise and is in the form of a cresent with hands at each end and a frog's head on top
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1925-1935
Artist
Leekya Deyuse
(c. 1925-1935)
Culture
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Spondylus , Shell , Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 36 × 18 cm (14 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Donald M. and Suzanne S. Carmichael, 2013
Provenance
Owner
Donald M. Carmichael
(1987-2013)
Owner
Suzanne S. Carmichael
(1987-2013)
Collector
Jack G. Curtright
(-1987)
Donor
Donated by
Suzanne S. Carmichael
(10/30/2013)
Donor
Donated by
Donald M. Carmichael
(10/30/2013)
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