Earrings
- Museum number:
- 2-38428a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210238428a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 21 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1919
- Description:
- Pair of ivory ear ornaments. Rectangular in shape. Rectangular indentation possibly for inset. "Unfinished"-Miss M. Lantis 9/28/64.
- Donor:
- Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
- Collection place:
- Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Nunivak Island
- Culture or time period:
- Nunivak Island Eskimo
- Collector:
- Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
- Collection date:
- August 1964
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Earrings (jewelry)
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Context of use:
- Usually worn by women only.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 6.5 centimeters and width 2.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-