Jewelry

Museum number:
1-259524a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4721
Description:
Necklace [a] and earrings [b & c] [pair]: Made of clam-shell disk beads. Necklace strung without a clasp on a single string. Earrings are screwback type consisting of a bead glued to the back from which a short sting of beads hangs, ending in a single bead strung sideways. Necklace: L = 26.0 cm, Earrings: L = ca. 3.0cm
Donor:
J. Arthur Freed and Nancy Laubach Freed
Collection place:
Upper Lake Rancherias, Upper Lake, Lake County
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, USA, California, Upper Clear Lake Rancheria, Pomo. Made by Bill Graves and wife.
Culture or time period:
Northern Pomo
Collector:
Nancy Laubach Freed
Materials:
Clam shell (salt water) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 26, 2001
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jewelry, accession number 1-259524a-c, described as Necklace [a] and earrings [b & c] [pair]: Made of clam-shell disk beads. Necklace strung without a clasp on a single string. Earrings are screwback type consisting of a bead glued to the back from which a short sting of beads hangs, ending in a single bead strung sideways. Necklace: L = 26.0 cm, Earrings: L = ca. 3.0cm

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