Bone Horse and Glass Bead Necklace and Earrings SET [R]

Special Value Offer: we have been requested to offer this necklace and earrings set at a price reduction of 25% from the original price of $1500 to a new price of $1125.

Robert Kaniatobe (1936-1998), of the Choctaw Tribe, was well known for making marvelous necklaces comprised of a multitude of materials. This one focuses on a horse, carved from buffalo bone, and combined with beautiful glass beads. There are 24 round blue glass beads with designs, separated by smaller beads.  Suspended from the necklace is a large hand-carved white horse, which is finished on both sides, so either side may be exposed. A pair of earrings accompanies the necklace.

Kaniatobe was born in Tom, Oklahoma, and attended Idabel Public Schools during his early years. He graduated from Chilocco Indian School, served in the U. S. Army in the Medical Corps and was stationed in Alaska and France. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from San Francisco State University. Robert said that a major stimulus for his art interest was his exposure to prehistoric and contemporary Eskimo art while stationed in Alaska.  He was also inspired by many museums and prehistoric cave art in France and Western Europe.

Robert specialized in designing and carving fetish figures, designing silver art works and sculpting in clay. In the 1980s, he began putting his carved fetish carvings together with various beads and forming exquisite necklaces.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: this Bone Horse and Glass Bead Necklace and Earrings SET is from a resident of Santa Fe

Recommended Reading:  The Four Winds Guide to Indian Trade Goods and Replicas by Preston E. Miller