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Collections: Arts of the Americas: 6-Strand Necklace

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6-Strand Necklace

Culture: Navajo, Native American
Medium: Coral, silver, turquoise, cloth
Place Made: USA
Dates: ca. 1920s
Dimensions: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 71.57.1
Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie Ruth Wagner
Image: Overall, 71.57.1_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: This spectacular necklace is made from coral and turquoise beads, several loops with one black pendent stone. Length is for necklace closed.

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