Earrings

Museum number:
1-259302a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101259302a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4689
Description:
Miniature elk antler spoons. White, grey impurities marbled through the spoons. Carved at top with circles that have holes in them, followed by four triangles, two horizontal lines, then the bowl of the spoon. 7.8 cm long, 1 1/2 cm wide at spoon bowl, 0.2-0.7 cm wide at stem. Earrings came on card about a “Na ‘K’ Idil Yuy” necklace of dentalium. Card describes necklace. Made to sell.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Maker or artist:
Edward Chase
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Materials:
Antler (material)
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry) and Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
June 26, 1997
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259302a,b, described as Miniature elk antler spoons. White, grey impurities marbled through the spoons. Carved at top with circles that have holes in them, followed by four triangles, two horizontal lines, then the bowl of the spoon. 7.8 cm long, 1 1/2 cm wide at spoon bowl, 0.2-0.7 cm wide at stem. Earrings came on card about a “Na ‘K’ Idil Yuy” necklace of dentalium. Card describes necklace. Made to sell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259302a,b, described as Miniature elk antler spoons. White, grey impurities marbled through the spoons. Carved at top with circles that have holes in them, followed by four triangles, two horizontal lines, then the bowl of the spoon. 7.8 cm long, 1 1/2 cm wide at spoon bowl, 0.2-0.7 cm wide at stem. Earrings came on card about a “Na ‘K’ Idil Yuy” necklace of dentalium. Card describes necklace. Made to sell.

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