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Unknown Diné (Navajo)

Native American

Necklace and Earrings
Date unknown

Silver and red coral
in. (cm)
Gift of Richard A. Harrison
1991.62.1-3

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earrings, jewelry, necklace, red, silver*
  • earrings
  • jewelry
  • necklace
  • red
  • silver - Pure metallic element having symbol Ag and atomic number 47; a malleable, ductile, white metal with characteristic sheen, considered a precious metal. Silver is widely distributed throughout the world, occurring rarely as metallic silver (in Peru, Norway) but more often as silver-gold alloys and silver ore. Today silver is obtained as a byproduct in the refinement of gold, lead, copper, or zinc ores. Silver was smelted from the ore galena as early as 3800 BCE. As a pure metal, silver is second to gold in malleability and ductility, can be polished to a highly reflective surface, and used -- typically in an alloy -- in jewelry, coinage, photography, mirrors, electrical contacts, and tableware.

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