Nose ornament

Museum number:
1-12823
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012823
Alternate number:
2105 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Shell. Dentalium nose skewer. The shells are laced butt to butt with piece of tule between and wedged in tightly to hold.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake, Modoc, and Shasta
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Nose ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Worn as nose skewer by both men and women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Nose ornament, accession number 1-12823, described as Shell. Dentalium nose skewer. The shells are laced butt to butt with piece of tule between and wedged in tightly to hold.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Nose ornament, accession number 1-12823, described as Shell. Dentalium nose skewer. The shells are laced butt to butt with piece of tule between and wedged in tightly to hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Nose ornament, accession number 1-12823, described as Shell. Dentalium nose skewer. The shells are laced butt to butt with piece of tule between and wedged in tightly to hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Nose ornament, accession number 1-12823, described as Shell. Dentalium nose skewer. The shells are laced butt to butt with piece of tule between and wedged in tightly to hold.

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