Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Apr 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Emerson Morris
label: Donor Name
content: James E. Gladden
notes: label: Notes
content: SILVER AND TURQUOISE SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE STRUNG ON COMMERCIAL METAL CHAIN. SILVER BEADS IN SINGLE STRAND, BRANCHING TO PARALLEL STRANDS SEPARATING 12 SQUASHBLOSSOMS AND A NAJA. SQUASH BLOSSOMS ARE PLAIN SET, LARGE, IRREGULAR SHAPED POLISHED STONES. NAJA BASE IS FLAT DOUBLE-BAR CRESCENT. SOLDERED ONTO BASE ARE 8 STONES, ONE AS A "DROP" AT INNER TOP, SET IN FLAT SILVER BAND DECORATED WITH IRREGULARLY SPACED SILVER BALLS AND FILE MARKS. MADE BY MARK CHEE (MAKER'S MARK ON BACK OF NAJA). TURQUOISE IS SAID BY THE DONOR TO BE FROM BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA. STONES WERE COATED BEFORE RECEIPT IN THE MUSEUM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 357198
label: USNM Number
content: E422577-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 57.5 cm
label: Unknown - Naja
content: 9 cm
label: Unknown - Naja
content: 10 cm