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Squash Blossom Necklace

Squash Blossom Necklace, between 1920 and 1930

  • Navajo, Native American

Silver

  • Overall: 19 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 9/16 inches (50.5 × 9.2 × 1.4 cm)

Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White

37.245

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Amelia Elizabeth White (New York, New York, USA, and Miami, Florida, USA)

1937-present, given 1937 to the Detroit Insitute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Navajo, Native American, Squash Blossom Necklace, between 1920 and 1930, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 37.245.

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