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Object Number
985-27-10/59104
Display Title
4 Navajo pendants. Strings of turquoise and shell beads. 3 of the pendants also
Descriptions
Object Description
4 Navajo pendants. Strings of turquoise and shell beads. 3 of the pendants also have coral beads and some have bone. 12.9x13.6 cm.
Inventory Description
Pendants, discoidal turquoise, white shell, and coral
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Navajo Reservation; various trading posts
Materials
Turquoise, Shell, Spiny oyster, Coral
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 9.5 x 0.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
985-27-10/59104/ 34558/ 34557/ [illegible]
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(8/1933 - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(8/1933 - 1985)
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