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Object Number
88-51-10/50074
Display Title
Ear pendants
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory earrings, incised black punctate design, perforated
Classification
- Earring
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kashunuk
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm (3/4 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50074; Kush
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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