Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1930; formerly in the collection of Paul L. Taylor (1899-1983) and his wife Isabella Forsythe Taylor (1901-1964), who were instructors at the Oakwood School in Poughkeepsie, New York; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
- Previous owner
- Paul L. Taylor, Non-Indian, 1899-1983
- Isabella Taylor (Isabella Forsythe/Mrs. Paul L. Taylor), Non-Indian, 1901-1964
- Donor
- Paul L. Taylor, Non-Indian, 1899-1983
- Isabella Taylor (Isabella Forsythe/Mrs. Paul L. Taylor), Non-Indian, 1901-1964
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Shell beads, turquoise, shell/shells, jet/lignite
- Techniques
- Inlaid
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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