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Object Number
88-51-10/50800
Display Title
Pair of shell earrings
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Earrings, white discoidal shell with serrated edge, perforated with metal loop
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Shell, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 4.5 x 3.9 x 0.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50800
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1838-1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
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