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Object Number
42-21-10/24061
Display Title
Pair of long dentalia shell earrings
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Earrings, dentalia shell separated by leather
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Teton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
South Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms
Pine Ridge Reservation
Materials
Dentalium, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 4 x 0.5 cm (14 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
42-21-10/24061
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Charles Freeland
(1894)
Donor
Miss Madge McComb
(1942)
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