Earring

Museum number:
1-259245a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4633
Description:
Earrings, abalone shell, one pair; curved fragment of shell, highly polished; half of each edge serrated at opposite ends; bright metal wire hangers for attachment to pierced ears; length (pendant) 5.0 cm. Serrated design same as employed in elk antler spoon handles.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Production place:
Eureka, Humboldt County, California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Gary Markussen
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
May 28, 1999
Materials:
Abalone shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
circa 1994
Accession date:
June 1, 1994
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Purchased by Ira Jacknis from maker, May 28, 1994 at 23rd Annual Spring Show and Indian Market, Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, California, for $30.00.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 1-259245a,b, described as Earrings, abalone shell, one pair; curved fragment of shell, highly polished; half of each edge serrated at opposite ends; bright metal wire hangers for attachment to pierced ears; length (pendant) 5.0 cm. Serrated design same as employed in elk antler spoon handles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 1-259245a,b, described as Earrings, abalone shell, one pair; curved fragment of shell, highly polished; half of each edge serrated at opposite ends; bright metal wire hangers for attachment to pierced ears; length (pendant) 5.0 cm. Serrated design same as employed in elk antler spoon handles.

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