Earring

Museum number:
2-48517
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-6879b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Oblong piece of ivory with 2 zigzag bands.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-48512
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.8 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: x-3072.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 2-48517, described as Oblong piece of ivory with 2 zigzag bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 2-48517, described as Oblong piece of ivory with 2 zigzag bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 2-48517, described as Oblong piece of ivory with 2 zigzag bands.

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