Tie

Museum number:
2-41119a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210241119a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2310
Description:
Bolo slide with leather thong; a) bolo slide: trapezoidal plate with 13 bezel set deep blue turquioise stones with spider web matrix, probably from Timberline Mine, Nevada; (12 oval, 1 rectangular) with twisted wire at base of bezels on crimped silver; silver beads on plate among the settings; pin and loop on back of plate; b) leather plaited thong with Sterling tips.
Donor:
L. Bryce Boyer and Ruth Boyer
Collection place:
Mescalero Apache Reservation, Otero County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Reservation
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
L. Bryce Boyer
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Production date:
ca. 1910
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Worn instead of necktie; slide was formerly a pin or pendant; 2-41116-41119 comprise a set. Made for sale to other Indians and Caucasian trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— length 106 centimeters, a)— width 4.3 centimeters, and a)— length 5.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. C. Tanner, "Southwest Indian Craft Arts," fig. 5.21, lower left hand corner. Made by silversmith.
Loans:
S1971-1972 #16: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (September 1, 1971–September 7, 1971) and S1971-1972 #30: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley)/Winfield Scott Wellington (October 12, 1971–October 25, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tie, accession number 2-41119a,b, described as Bolo slide with leather thong; a) bolo slide: trapezoidal plate with 13 bezel set deep blue turquioise stones with spider web matrix, probably from Timberline Mine, Nevada; (12 oval, 1 rectangular) with twisted wire at base of bezels on crimped silver; silver beads on plate among the settings; pin and loop on back of plate; b) leather plaited thong with Sterling tips.

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