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Necklace

about 1910
Object PlaceSanto Domingo Pueblo, Southwest, United States
Medium/TechniqueHorn, ivory, bone, shell, and haliotis
Dimensions74.3 cm (29.25 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession number1991.957
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
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)
"Abalone" inkwell
Louis Comfort Tiffany
about 1910–20
Carved face
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
19th–20th century
John Crookshanks King
mid-19th century
John Crookshanks King
1870
John Crookshanks King
about 1872
about early 20th century
about 1820
Ivory Eagle
19th century