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bolo tie

Object NameBolo Tie

Artist Alice Spinks (American, 1908-1996)

Studio Bacone College

Made FromGlass, Thread, Cotton, Leather

Dateabout 1974

TechniqueBeaded

SizeOverall L: 42 cm, W: 7 cm, D: 2 cm; (b) L: 88 cm

Accession Number2013.4.45

Credit LineGift of The Reverend James R. Pearce

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, OK, Muskogee

Physical DescriptionBolo Tie. Purple, pink, cobalt blue, turquoise, red, white, salmon, orange, gold, and iridescent brown glass beads, thread, cotton, leather; beaded. Beaded bolo tie made of predominately purple glass beads, with pink, cobalt-blue, turquoise, red, white, salmon, orange, gold, and iridescent brown glass beads. The tie has a leather-backed medallion with a starburst pattern. It is attached with elastic to a looped cotton shoestring which has been beaded with mostly purple and pink glass beads in a crisscross pattern, with a looped fringe and a pattern of white, cobalt-blue, salmon, iridescent brown, turquoise and red beads at the ends of the cord.
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