Jewelry Box
Artist
Zuni Pueblo
, inlay design
Artist
Diné (Navajo)
, box design
Mediumsilver with turquoise, coral, jet, and mother-of-pearl
Dimensions3 1/2 x 6 inches (8.9 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Nelda C. Stark, 1999
Object number52.900.32
ClassificationsEthnographic
DescriptionSilver jewelry box with stamped design by an unidentified Diné (Navajo) artist. Inlaid turquoise, coral, jet and mother-of-pearl design on the lid, by an unidentified Zuni artist.ProvenanceWilliam Henry Stark II [Bill Stark, 1923-1979] [1]; gifted 1950's to Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; bequeathed December 13, 1999 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Note on loan card 9978.119.4 reads "Given to Mrs. Stark as a gift from Bill [William] Stark in the early 1950's"
On View
Not on view
c.1850
