Kewa Pueblo Seashell Corn Dance Necklace with Mosaic Overlay [SOLD]

This seashell necklace is overlaid in mosaic style with turquoise and other materials in the manner traditionally made by artisans from Santo Domingo Pueblo for over a hundred years.  This style necklace is frequently seen around the necks of male and female dancers during a pueblo Corn Dance.

The completed shell with the mosaic design was drilled for conversion to a necklace, but the conversion was never completed prior to the previous owner purchasing it.  To make it usable as a necklace, we asked our friend Carol Gala, a noted beadwork artist from Laguna Pueblo, to add the waxed string, which she embellished with multi-colored beads.  She tied off the string, leaving it to be adjusted by the owner to hang as desired.

Condition: this Kewa Pueblo Seashell Corn Dance Necklace with Gemstones and Beads is in excellent condition

Provenance: from the estate of a client from Maryland

Reference: “Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry” by Sally and J. Roderick Moore, published in The Magazine Antiques, July 2009

Relative Links: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Santo Domingo Pueblo - Kewa, Necklaces, Carol Gala, Laguna Pueblo