Squash-blossom necklace
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Previous owner
content: Henry Draper, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry Draper; acquired by MAI in 1917. "Henry Draper" may refer to Harvard astronomer Henry W. Draper (1837-1882), who travelled to Wyoming and other western areas in 1878 to see a solar eclipse; following the death of his widow, Mary Anna Palmer Draper (1839-1914), Draper's collections were dispersed to New York museums.
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place: label: Place
content: Arizona, 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: 6/2128
label: Barcode
content: 062128.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Squash-blossom necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, turquoise
label: Techniques
content: Cast, bezel-set/stone-setting, hammered, soldered, strung