Bow Guard
Original Language TitleKetoh
CultureDiné (Navajo), Arizona or New Mexico
Dateca. 1900
MediumSilver, turquoise, and commercial and native tanned leather
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 inches (8.26 × 6.67 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Donald D. Jones Fund for American Indian Art
Object number2008.63
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionA bow guard consisting of a slender rectangular cast silver ornament with single green turquoise stone attached to leather wrist strap.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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