brooch
- Museum number
- Am1998,06.15
- Description
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Brooch of silver, turquoise and with a casino token as the central feature. The central token depicts an Acoma olla and has the following words inscribed above and below "One Dollar"; "Acoma, New Mexico"; "Sky City Tribal Casino"; "Not Legal Tender". There are four dollar signs made of square silver wire, above below to the right and left of the token (soldered to the bezel) ad four turquoise beads.
- Production date
- 1998 (October)
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.60 centimetres
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Width: 7.60 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Mike Bird Romero (San Juan) lives and works in San Juan Pueblo. This piece was made for an Indian Market gallery show at the Gallery 10 in Santa Fe to mark the importance of gaming to tribal nations.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good.
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- The brooch purchased in San Juan on the 11/10/1998.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1998,06.15
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Am 2001, 16,15 (misnumbered as of September 2002, to be corrected.)
