Object class: Jewelry / Culture or time period: North American cultures / Taxon: Dentaliidae - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259302a,b, described as Miniature elk antler spoons. White, grey impurities marbled through the spoons. Carved at top with circles that have holes in them, followed by four triangles, two horizontal lines, then the bowl of the spoon. 7.8 cm long, 1 1/2 cm wide at spoon bowl, 0.2-0.7 cm wide at stem. Earrings came on card about a “Na ‘K’ Idil Yuy” necklace of dentalium. Card describes necklace. Made to sell.

Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259109a,b, described as Beaded earrings; square pendant with red, white, and black seed beads in geometric pattern; tassels (2) suspended with square with dentalium shell and seed beads; suspended from silver wire clips for pierced ears on duplicate of tassels beneath.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-20893, described as Made of glass beads, intermingled with clam shell beads, dentalium, and abalone.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-4482, described as Juniper seed. Interspersed with dentalium shells.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-259113, described as Necklace. Dentalium, olivella (not biplicata), and glass beads on nylon filament. Pear shaped twined basket pendant. Basket materials include spruce root wefts with beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia fern, yellow dyed porcupine, and maidenhair fern overlay. Buckskin leather thong ties.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-221, described as Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-19851, described as Dentalium shell and glass beads, with Abalone pendant.