Wristguard/Ketoh

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Date created: 1967-1968

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Jerry Roan, Diné (Navajo), 1919-1977
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1968; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Window Rock, Navajo Reservation; Apache County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8103
Barcode: 258103.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Wristguard/Ketoh
Media/Materials: Silver, commercially tanned leather, turquoise
Techniques: Cast, bezel-set/stone-setting, stamped
Dimensions: 20.2 x 9.6 x 2.2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bdef8be5-8e4e-447b-aff9-9888fbc9081b

Record ID: NMAI_274027