Wristguard/Ketoh

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Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Previous owner: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) at an unnamed trading post in Massachusetts in 1964; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Arizona, New Mexico; USA

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1550
Barcode: 251550.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Wristguard/Ketoh
Media/Materials: Silver, turquoise, commercially tanned leather
Techniques: Inlaid, cast
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6993ee39f-b686-457e-88a1-5d840cfafd64

Record ID: NMAI_267402