Earrings

Museum number:
1-259300a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101259300a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4689
Description:
Earrings, carved maple wood mush paddles with silver hooks for pierced ears. 8.7 total length, 2.3 cm width of paddle at center design, 1 cm width at base of paddle, .5 cm width at top. Paddles are long and slender, bulbing out slightly at base. In center of A, B are 2 horizontal ovals, carved into the paddle. Between the ovals are .3 cm of vertical wood, separating the oval. Made to sell.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Maker or artist:
Jason Begay Montgomery
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Materials:
Maple (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 26, 1997
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259300a,b, described as Earrings, carved maple wood mush paddles with silver hooks for pierced ears. 8.7 total length, 2.3 cm width of paddle at center design, 1 cm width at base of paddle, .5 cm width at top. Paddles are long and slender, bulbing out slightly at base. In center of A, B are 2 horizontal ovals, carved into the paddle. Between the ovals are .3 cm of vertical wood, separating the oval. Made to sell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259300a,b, described as Earrings, carved maple wood mush paddles with silver hooks for pierced ears. 8.7 total length, 2.3 cm width of paddle at center design, 1 cm width at base of paddle, .5 cm width at top. Paddles are long and slender, bulbing out slightly at base. In center of A, B are 2 horizontal ovals, carved into the paddle. Between the ovals are .3 cm of vertical wood, separating the oval. Made to sell.

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