Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of singer and actor Burl Ives (1909-1995); donated to MAI by his first wife Helen Peck Ehrlich Ives (1916-1990) in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Diné (Navajo)
- Previous owner
- Burl Ives (Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives), Non-Indian, 1909-1995
- Helen Peck Ives (Helen Peck Ehrlich/Mrs. Burl Ives), Non-Indian, 1916-1990
- Donor
- Helen Peck Ives (Helen Peck Ehrlich/Mrs. Burl Ives), Non-Indian, 1916-1990
- Date created
- 1930-1950
- Object Name
- Concho/concha
- Media/Materials
- Silver, turquoise
- Techniques
- Hammered, repoussé, bezel-set/stone-setting, stamped
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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