Earrings

Museum number:
2-6864a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026864a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-3057 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
woman's
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8 centimeters and diameter 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Earrings, accession number 2-6864a,b, described as Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Earrings, accession number 2-6864a,b, described as Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-6864a,b, described as Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-6864a,b, described as Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-6864a,b, described as Pair set in a piece of wood. Round pieces of ivory with incised and darkened concentric circles, 4 exterior lobes. Alaska commerical co. # 41.

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