Pair of Pendant Earrings
Artist
Julius Caesar
(North American Indian, Pawnee, 1910 - 1982)
CulturePawnee, Oklahoma
Date1978-1982
MediumGerman silver, hair pipes, brass beads, and home-tanned thong
Dimensions.1 (earring): 3 3/8 × 5/8 × 3/8 inches (8.57 × 1.59 × 0.95 cm)
.2 (earring): 3 5/8 × 5/8 × 1/2 inches (9.21 × 1.59 × 1.27 cm)
.2 (earring): 3 5/8 × 5/8 × 1/2 inches (9.21 × 1.59 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.54.1,2
Signed"JC" on back
On View
Not on viewHow It Was Handed to Me: The Caesar Family Legacy, Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, December 12, 2019–March 31, 2020.
Purchased from Southern Plains Museum, Anadarko, OK by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), 1978-1982;
His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;
The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kanas City, MO, 2025.
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