Squash blossom necklace, from a three-piece set
necklace with large central drop pendant and ten smaller decorative elements; double strand of waisted, slightly flattened silver beads, decreasing to single strands near back; hook and loop closure; large pendant has broken circle at bottom with white and black lobes around outer edge and is topped with a stylized head wearing a similarly lobed (feathered?) headdress, with white "face", red triangular "mouth", two triangles representing hair on forehead and pair of turquoise drops on either side of head (drops in front of ears of headdress?); each of the ten decorative elements are similar to the "head" part of the squash blossom main pendant
- Date
- 20th century
- In our collection
- since June the 5th, 2009 up to now
- Dimensions
- 26 × 2 7/16 × 5/8 in. (66.04 × 6.19 × 1.59 cm) (approx.)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Silver, turquoise, coral, mother-of-pearl (?), onyx (?)
- Price
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- Composition
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copper 74% zinc 25% atium 1%