Necklace

1900-1915 L: 14 15/16 in. (38 cm) Citation Source image

This necklace includes a crescent-shaped pendant. 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 Spanish motifs. This particular type...

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36318
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown, brought from Arizona]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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