Earrings Item Number: 25.0/254 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Abalone shell imported from California and the Pacific islands was an important material for the native artist. The material was often used for inlays, but plaques and shaped pieces were also used as ornaments in themselves. This pair of earrings are shaped of abalone shell to resemble large shark teeth which were prized as earrings. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Earrings
- Identification Number
- 25.0/254
- Type of Item
- earring
- Material
- abalone shell
- Overall
- length 1.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Shark's Teeth
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection