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Object Number
14-27-10/85811
Display Title
Ear pendant
Descriptions
Object Description
Ear pendant
Inventory Description
Pendant, worked shell (abalone?), square, perforated
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Babine River
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 4.6 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85811 & 25
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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