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 1920s
about 1900
19th–20th century
1965–70s
about 1965–70s
