Necklace
about 1900
Object PlaceSanto Domingo, New Mexico, United States
Medium/TechniqueOrange to white shell (Spiny Oyster; Thorny Oyster Family (Spondylidae: Spondylus americanus), turquoise, White Heishi beads, cotton string
Dimensions76.2 cm (30 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession number1991.958
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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)
about 1985
about 1800
early 19th century
18th–19th century
1900–50
3850–3650 B.C.
20th century
1982
first half of the 19th century