Ear ornament

Museum number:
1-842
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2842 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Dentalia with tufts of woodpecker feathers.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 28, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ear ornaments
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Ear ornament worn by men.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear ornament, accession number 1-842, described as Dentalia with tufts of woodpecker feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear ornament, accession number 1-842, described as Dentalia with tufts of woodpecker feathers.

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