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Silver Pin
Silver Pin
Silver Pin

Silver Pin

Artist (born 1946 San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico)
Date2007
Mediumsilver, jet, turquoise
Dimensions1 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 1/2 in. (3.5 × 7.3 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Eason Eige
Object numberPC2010.7.3
DescriptionA rectangular silver brooch oriented horizontally and set with turquoise and jet. A central stone of opaque black jet dominates this minimalist pin and is adorned on the shorter ends with three triangular pieces each of robin’s-egg turquoise. Each of the six side bezels is finished with a small silver bead, while small strings of engraved diamond shapes run alongside the top and bottom of the jet stone.
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