Earrings

Museum number:
2-257a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-257, 2-261 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory earrings with pendant beads. Incised and darkened concentric circles with outer zigzag band. Each has 4 blue and 1 white pendant beads.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
6.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-257a,b, described as Ivory earrings with pendant beads. Incised and darkened concentric circles with outer zigzag band. Each has 4 blue and 1 white pendant beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-257a,b, described as Ivory earrings with pendant beads. Incised and darkened concentric circles with outer zigzag band. Each has 4 blue and 1 white pendant beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-257a,b, described as Ivory earrings with pendant beads. Incised and darkened concentric circles with outer zigzag band. Each has 4 blue and 1 white pendant beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 2-257a,b, described as Ivory earrings with pendant beads. Incised and darkened concentric circles with outer zigzag band. Each has 4 blue and 1 white pendant beads.

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