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 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)