Ava Marie Coriz "Cool-Ca-Ya" (1948-2011) - Santo Domingo (Kewa) Three Strand Spiny Oyster Necklace with Inlaid Shell, Contemporary, 20" (J90106-107-001) magento-71527 Exhibited with the "Southwestern Invitational"

Exhibited with the "Southwestern Invitational" 2015-2016

The original owner had collected from the 1930s through the 1970s

and fossilized mammoth ivory

One of the main characters found in Paleolithic "picture caves" are woolly ponies - grouped in ways that seem to have a special mystical function

Ava Marie Coriz "Cool-Ca-Ya" (1948-2011) - Santo Domingo (Kewa) Three Strand Spiny Oyster Necklace with Inlaid Shell, Contemporary, 20" (J90106-107-001) magento-71527 Exhibited with the "Southwestern Invitational"Inlaid shell measures 3" x 3". Ava Marie Coriz, of the Santo Domingo Antelope Clan, daughter of Lupe Pena, had been inspired to continue the ancestral tradition of hand making jewelry. She specialized in constructing hand strung and hand ground beaded necklaces. When she was 14, she was taught the fundamentals of working with raw nuggets of various types of stones. In 1969, she learned the art of working with silver. She continued to use her knowledge