Silver Box with Olla Carrier, presumed Portrait of Amy Chuyate
Artist
Daisy Healing
(North American Indian, Hopi; Zuni, 1906 - 1994)
Date20th century
MediumSterling silver, mother-of-pearl, turquoise, spondylus shell, and jet
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 8 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (4.45 × 21.27 × 12.38 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Jedel Family Foundation
Object number2023.15
On View
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DescriptionRectangular siilver box featuring delicate stamp work and curving repousse with an intricate inlaid multi-stone image of a maiden.Exhibition HistoryElegant Vessels: A Century of Southwest Silver Boxes, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, October 7 2022-March 5, 2023.
With Sue DiMaio, San Juan Capistrano, California, 2010;
With John and Carol Krena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 2022;
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023.
Elegant Vessels: A Century of Southwest Silver Boxes, exh. cat. (Phoenix AZ: Heard Art Museum, 2022): p. 83, pl. 19 (ill.).
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