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This spectacular necklace is made from coral and turquoise beads, several loops with one black pendent stone. Length is for necklace closed.
Model of a loom framed in plexiglass.
Buff colored pottery bowl with dark red slip figures painted on exterior and interior. Rim is also painted with red slip. Figure painted on the exterior is a large red deer. On the opposite exterior side of the bowl is a small abstract design that may be the artist's signature. Figures representing a man with a headdress (bottom of the bowl), a man with a hat on horseback, and 3 deer (facing right) are painted on the interior in red slip.
This woven belt is unusual in that it has one coral bead and one white bead tied to its fringe as well as a length of red ribbon. This would not have been visible when the belt was worn as the woman would have tucked the loose ends behind.
This brightly colored blanket has the terraced and step design referring to land forms and elements in nature, often referred to as Terrace-step design. These blankets were worn wrapped around the shoulders and fixed with a pin in the front. Highly desirable by collectors and other Pueblo peoples they were and still are one of the most traded items from the Navajo. Bayeta means the unraveled yarns, the source for red yarns, not the cloth. The weaver would have unraveled Spanish cloth to obtain this. Third phase chief blanket. Notes from Joe Ben Wheat 5/5/1980 Late classic terraced design with crosses. Orange is late raveled and plied (You can usually tell the ply of the yarn by what is used in the tassels) Saltillo elements with a typical Navajo layout. 1980-1880. Possibly collected by Nathan Sturges Jarvis , Jr.
Silver, ‘squash blossom’ necklace. Najahe is cast from one bar, the two halves of the beads are soldered together, the design is stamped on. The "squash blossom" head, is believed by experts to be derived from either the flower or the immature fruit of the pomegranate. The beads are of an uncommon shape on this necklace. The najahe was formerly worn on a horse bridle. The Navajo took it from the Mexicans, who took it from the Spanish, who took it from the Moors. The najahe or naja is most distinctive for the Navajos.
Silver, cast, drop style earrings. The earring is hemispherical in shape with a stylized scallop design. The centre and outer rim are undecorated. Screw back soldered to the back of each.
Silver earrings (parts a-b) with a "squash blossom" motif with a globular top and a cylindrical body that flares out in three directions. The inside is hollow. Screw back soldered to the back of each.
Silver, cast brooch, oval in shape with a central sunburst design surounded by scalloped edging. Soldered to the back are a pin and clasp. Stamped in the back is ‘Navajo’.
Silver ashtray, circular in shape, with crescents around outer edge. The centre has stamped eight sections of various patterns; some are in relief. The surface is slightly concaved. The object sits on four, small, semi-hemispherical legs.