Southwestern American Indian Jewelry

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Southwestern American Indian Jewelry
Southwestern American Indian Jewelry
Gwenn Gallenstein, curator
Andrea Norris, curator
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition of over 60 pieces of traditional and contemporary Native American jewelry from the Southwest, represents the range of types and techniques of jewelry made by Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo peoples from the late nineteenth century to the present. It is the seventh exhibition presented in conjunction with the Lawrence Indian Arts Show.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Lambert Homer (1917–1972); Dan Simplicio (1917–1969, active 1920s–1950s), tri-partite belt buckle
tri-partite belt buckle
Lambert Homer, Dan Simplicio
1960
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, ketoh (wrist guard)
ketoh (wrist guard)
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1963
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) or Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist, necklace with small birds and bears
necklace with small birds and bears
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) or Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, silver dollar necklace with naja pendant
silver dollar necklace with naja pendant
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
1945–1980
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, cuff bracelet with large stone
cuff bracelet with large stone
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1968
Eddie Tsalabutie (1925–1965), concho belt
concho belt
Eddie Tsalabutie
mid 1900s–1965
Bernard Homer, bolo tie
bolo tie
Bernard Homer
late 1800s–1964
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, turquoise and silver ring
turquoise and silver ring
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1963