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Silver necklace with squash blossom pendants / Native American; Navajo (Diné)

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Silver necklace with squash blossom pendants and a large Naja pendant.

The crescent-shaped "Naja" design is a Spanish influence. It is associated with many Mediterranean cultures dating perhaps to the Paleolithic.

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Title(s): 
Silver necklace with squash blossom pendants
Culture: 
Native American; Navajo (Diné)
Date: 
circa 1920 - 1930
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
silver, turquoise
Dimensions: 
15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Necklace
Accession No: 
84.1407
Department: 
Anthropology
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