Earrings

Museum number:
1-259090a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4593
Description:
One pair; made of pine nuts (Pinus monophyla) (2) suspended from red seed beads and blue multifaceted glass beads; attached to plaited bear grass stem; silver wire clip for pierced ears.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased at California; Sacramento; Folsom
Culture or time period:
Karuk and Yurok
Maker or artist:
Shirlee Preston [Yurok/Karok]
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
May 29, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry), Pine nuts, and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1993
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 10.2 centimeters
Comment:
Traditional decorative style.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259090a,b, described as One pair; made of pine nuts (Pinus monophyla) (2) suspended from red seed beads and blue multifaceted glass beads; attached to plaited bear grass stem; silver wire clip for pierced ears.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259090a,b, described as One pair; made of pine nuts (Pinus monophyla) (2) suspended from red seed beads and blue multifaceted glass beads; attached to plaited bear grass stem; silver wire clip for pierced ears.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259090a,b, described as One pair; made of pine nuts (Pinus monophyla) (2) suspended from red seed beads and blue multifaceted glass beads; attached to plaited bear grass stem; silver wire clip for pierced ears.

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