Vintage Santo Domingo KEWA Pueblo Depression Era Necklace and Earrings

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Vintage Santo Domingo KEWA Pueblo Depression Era Necklace and Earrings:
$485.00

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KEWA Pueblo Depression Era Necklace and Earrings

During the 1930s when the Depression-era was in full swing, New Mexico Pueblo Indians were severely affected. At Santo Domingo Pueblo (now Kewa Pueblo), the Indians became very resourceful and began producing jewelry from whatever material they could find. The Santo Domingo people of the time never really thought the jewelry would amount to much as it was very non-traditional so little of it was created. But... the jewelry has stood the test of time and has remained a favorite of collectors of Southwerstern jewelry. Not many of these non-traditional material necklaces have survived from the Santo Domingos which makes them even more valuable.

This necklace was made from several \"found materials.\" The beads were made from drilled bovine/sheep bone and glass trade beads (the Pueblo artist added a \"sing\" by putting one royal blue trade bead among the others), the black backing probably from automotive battery boxes, the red from toothbrush handles or something similar, and the turquoise is genuine (thePueblo artist added a \"sing\" of robin\'s egg blue turquoise to one of the tabs) . These necklaces were usually in the squash blossom style, with pendants protruding from the sides and a bird pendant at the bottom, as is this one. This necklace has 10 pendants, 5 on each side and a flying Thunderbird at the bottom. Included in this sale are matching earrings.

The center thunderbird measures 3\" wide x 3\"long

The entire necklace is set to fit a 21 inch neckline.

The earrings 3/4\" at widest x 1 1/4\" long

Condition: It is in very good condition, no damage.

A \"sing\" on a necklace is an added element that differs from the norm and adds visual interest and spiritualsignificance.

Recommended Exhibit: A current exhibit of an extremely large quantity of these necklaces is at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. It is highly recommended as a source to learn more about this wonderful period of pueblo ingenuity

Recommended Reading:Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelryby Sally and J. Roderick Moore inThe Magazine Antiques, Brant Publications, Inc. July 2009, vol. CLXXVI, no. 1. pp. 56-61.

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