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Object Number
30-69-10/K54
Display Title
Pair shell ear rings
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair shell ear rings. "Iroquois ear-rings with shell pendants "
Inventory Description
Earrings, 5 sections dentalium shell with abalone pendant at end
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Dentalium, Leather, Abalone
Dimensions
Overall: 27.2 x 3.5 x 0.7 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
K54
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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North America
| |
| 19-17-10/87394 | Pair of dentalium ear ornaments |
Earring
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| |
| 08-36-70/74346 | 3 pair brass and shell ear rings |
Earring
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 19-17-10/87393 | Pair of dentalium ear ornaments |
Earring
|
South Dakota
| |
| 08-4-10/73494 | Pair of ear rings, hoops with dangling parts |
Earring
|
United States
| |
| 08-4-10/73496 | Pair of dangling ear rings |
Earring
|
United States
| |
| 42-21-10/24060 | Pair of long dentalia shell earrings |
Earring
|
South Dakota
| |
| 06-25-10/66321 | Pair ear rings |
Earring
|
Alaska
| |
| 07-45-70/72680 | Pair of ear pendants |
Earring
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 985-27-10/59440 | Sioux ear pendant. 9 sections of 4 dentalium shells each separated by a rawhide |
Earring
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/59441 | Plains ear pendant, possibly Sioux. 20 sections of 3 dentalium shells separated |
Earring
|
United States
| |
| 08-36-70/74347 | Odd brass and shell ear rings |
Earring
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya |