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Object Number
50-80-10/32737
Display Title
Silver earrings, crawfish
Descriptions
Object Description
Silver earrings - crawfish; used in peyote ceremony. Possibly in shape of scorpion or centipede with pinchers
Inventory Description
Earrings, crawfish design on linked chain, peyote iconography
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1925
Artist
Jim Taykan
(ca. 1925)
Culture
- Kiowa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Oklahoma
Materials
German silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6.1 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm (2 3/8 x 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50-80-10/32737
Provenance
Collector
Alice L. Marriott
(1950)
Seller
Alice L. Marriott
(December 7, 1950)
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