Earring

41-24-9B

From: Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 41-24-9B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Navajo
Provenience Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain)
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Silver
Technique Stamped | Punched
Iconography Horseshoe | Flower | Insect
Description

Silver horseshoe, stamped and punched, connected by silver wire to a silver loop [hinged for a pierced ear] with a small silver hemisphere soldered to it, with sand-cast floral or insect pattern dangling from the arch of the horseshoe.

Length 6.5 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941
Other Number '03-1012a - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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