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Object Number
15-36-10/86448
Display Title
Woman's earrings of dentalium shells strung in two's with beads in-between.
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's earrings of dentalium shells strung in two's with beads in-between.
Inventory Description
Earrings, dentalia shells and yellow glass beads strung on sinew, double strand
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Dentalium, Glass, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm (3 7/8 x 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
86448
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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