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Insect brooch
Native American, Hopi Pueblo
early 20th century
Object Place: Arizona or New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Silver and turquoise
Dimensions
1.9 x 2.54 cm (3/4 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.839
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionInsect has almond-shaped body, a turquoise thorax and six wire legs. Body has stamped decoration.
ProvenanceBetween 1940 and 1985, acquired in the American Southwest by Margret Craver Withers (b. 1907 - d. 2010), Boston; 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)