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Native American, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
about 1910
Object Place: Santo Domingo Pueblo, Southwest, United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Horn, ivory, bone, shell, and haliotis
Dimensions 74.3 cm (29.25 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession Number1991.957
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas

DescriptionThree strands of white cylindrically shaped clam shell interrupted by organically shaped green-toned turquoise and coral-toned haliotis. At neck, strands are wrapped with cotton threads.
Provenance1917, sold by the Fred Harvey Indian Building, Albuquerque, NM, to Marcus Allen Coolidge (b. 1865 - d. 1947) and Ethel Warren Coolidge (b. 1870 - d. 1955), Fitchburg, MA; by inheritance to their daughter, Louise Coolidge Carpenter (b. 1901 - d. 1995), Mendenhall, PA; 1991, year-end gift of Louise Coolidge Carpenter to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)