Leather beaded with glass seed beads. Each pin consists of a miniature brimmed hat suspended from a rectangular medallion, fully beaded using bright blue and yellow beads; brass safety pins sewn to back of medallions.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes and Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— length 6 centimeters and b)— length 5 centimeters