Earrings (oo koo yant') mounted as necklace pendants
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 (clamshell; these beads are NOT Tridacna derasa, Tridacna gigas or Tridacnidae spp., including all species in genera Hippopus and Tridacna), cotton string
DimensionsHeight x width: 48.3 cm (19 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents United States, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession number1991.959
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 [see note]; 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)
NOTE: Said at the time of the sale to be from the Navajo Reservation, Ganado, Arizona.
NOTE: Said at the time of the sale to be from the Navajo Reservation, Ganado, Arizona.
about 1900
about 1985
early 19th century
about 1800
1900–50
early 19th century
first half of the 19th century
first half of the 19th century
first half of the 19th century
first half of the 19th century
early 19th century