Bow Guard
Original Language TitleKetoh
Artist
Tom Burnsides
(North American Indian, Diné (Navajo) Arizona, 1917 - 1957)
Dateca. 1950
MediumSilver, turquoise, and commercial leather
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 5/8 inches (10.16 × 9.21 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust (by exchange)
Object number2009.31
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 207
Collections
DescriptionCast silver ornament, rectangular in shape with central stone of spider web turquoise, attached to black leather wrist band.Published ReferencesTorrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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