Necklace

Necklace

# 98.050 Description: Necklace: Santo Domingo Pueblo; double strand; brown, olive shell, turquoise (Valley Blue, spider web) nuggets & square cut, cream colored, oyster shell; pattern alternates from two turquoise nuggets to one piece of shell; strung on nylon twine which is simply knotted where heishi stops to bind two strands together, double nylon twines are knotted at ends. One strand of beads is 13 1/2" long; the other is 14" long.
  • Object: Necklace
  • Artist: Unknown
  • Circa: mid 1900's
  • Dimensions: 14" long
  • Culture Area: Southwest
  • Cultural Group: Santa Domingo
  • Cultural Context: Made for Sale
  • Donor: Dolores Thomasson
  • Catalog #: 98.050