Earplug

Museum number:
1-2719
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
569 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Northern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Clam shell (salt water) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earplugs (ear ornaments)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Used by man.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 1.3 centimeters and length 18.8 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "See 15-7985
Loans:
S1983-1984 #21: Coyote Point Museum (October 11, 1983–February 15, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Earplug, accession number 1-2719, described as Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Earplug, accession number 1-2719, described as Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-2719, described as Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-2719, described as Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-2719, described as Made of wood. Round twig with spiral lines burned in. Clam shell disc bead at one end, of same diameter as twig.

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