Bow guard

Description

Bow guard, comprising a sand-cast openwork rectangular silver plaque set with single turquoise mounted on a black leather wrist strap, with two buckled straps for fastening around wrist: North America, USA, New Mexico, Navajo, c. 1940s

Museum reference

A.1992.128

Collection

Americas

Object name

Bow guard

Production information

Unknown
New Mexico, USA, North America

Date

c. 1940s

Style / Culture

Navajo

Materials

Leather, Silver, Turquoise

Physical description

Black leather wrist strap; sand-cast openwork silver plaque set with single turquoise

Collection place(s)

New Mexico, USA, North America

Associations

Collector: Idiens, Dale (NMS)

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life