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Object Number 88-51-10/50024
Display Title Ear pendants: 2 u-shaped, 3 with concentric incised blackened circle motif
Descriptions
Object Description Ear pendants: 2 u-shaped, 3 with concentric incised blackened circle motif
Inventory Description Earrings, 2 U-shaped, 3 incised, pigmented circular design, perforated
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 50024, 5970 [crossed out], 971(?)9
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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