Medallion (ornament area)

Museum number:
1-255436
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Oval shaped ornament. Fully beaded on leather with cotton cloth glued to back, leather strip at top with slit for hanging, multi-colored glass faceted and seed beads in circular design.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes and Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Medallions (medals)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 12.5 centimeters and width 5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medallion (ornament area), accession number 1-255436, described as Oval shaped ornament. Fully beaded on leather with cotton cloth glued to back, leather strip at top with slit for hanging, multi-colored glass faceted and seed beads in circular design.

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