Squash-blossom necklace and earrings
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Fred Begay, Diné (Navajo), ca. 1925-2004 and Bodie McCray, Diné (Navajo), 1933-2002
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
label: Previous seller
content: Woodard's Indian Arts and Crafts (Gallup NM)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made by the artists while they were employed by Woodard's Indian Arts and Crafts (Gallup, New Mexico); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Gallup; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6193
label: Barcode
content: 256193.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Squash-blossom necklace and earrings
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, turquoise, silver bead/beads, metal jewelry findings
label: Techniques
content: Cast, hammered, channel inlay, stamped
label: Dimensions
content: 37.8 x 11.1 x 1.2 cm