Necklace with Crescent-Shaped Pendant

1900-1915 Overall: 16 9/16 in. (42 cm) Citation Source image

This necklace includes a crescent-shaped pendant with a turquoise in the center of it. In the Dine language (sometimes called Navajo), these pendants were called naja, or crescent. Many scholars believe that these pendants were influenced by Islamic designs, descended through...

Artifact

id
id
3445
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown, brought from Arizona]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
3
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.995_DD_AT21_27064-tms.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.995_DD_AT21_27064-tms.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_57.995_DD_AT21_27064-tms.jpg
imageCount 3
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.995

Relations

createdBy
inCollection