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Object Number
2015.15.1
Display Title
Pair of pierced earrings
Descriptions
Object Description
Pierced earrings of dentalium shell, orange beads and crystals, darkened pinon nuts, seeds
Classification
- Jewelry
Department
Ethnographic
Date
2015 or earlier
Artist
Teri Davis
Culture
- Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Dimensions
Overall: 5.9 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm (2 5/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2015.15.1
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Capone. Presented to me on the occasion of a consultation visit under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by members of the Elk Valley Rancheria, Crescent City, CA, Nov. 13, 2015
Provenance
Collector
Elk Valley Rancheria, California
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Trish Capone
(12/8/2015)
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