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EarringT/22371
- Culture
- Eskimo
- Material
- ivory, pigment and wood ?
- Made in
- Norton Sound, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
21 Pieces of Turquoise: 8 worked and 13 unworked, (Thle-e-kwa) or earrings07.467.8454.1
These are delicate earrings made by carving individual shell beads in a technique known as heshi beads. The original heshi beads were made of shells ground into very small, fine beads strung into necklaces. Here, the turquoise is done in a similar manner in addition to the coral.
- Material
- coral and cotton string
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Ear Ornaments, Sharks Teeth 2E72993-0
From card: "Renumbered. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. VII, fig. 19, p. 260." Identified in publication as "Ear and Nose Ornaments. Of shark's teeth. Auk Indians, Admiralty Island, Alaska. Collected by James G. Swan."Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a collection date of 1876; i.e. this is probably part of the artifacts Swan collected in 1875/1876 for the Smithsonian the Centennial Exposition, possibly accession 4730? See E20848, which is possibly the same or related objects, since E72993 is identified as "renumbered"?
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Made in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Pair Of Copper Earrings, Woman'sE209547-0
Two copper ear pendants in the form of "Coppers."
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Silver EarringET11888-0
NO NUMBER; NORTHWEST COAST-SILVER EARRING, PART AND STEM.
- Made in
- USA ? or Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Ear OrnamentsE2636-0
PEALE DESCRIPTION: "EAR ORNAMENTS." 2 SHELL CYLINDERS, 8.8 CM. AND 8.6 CM. LONG.From card: "Perforated ivory [sic] cylinders."
- Made in
- USA ? or Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Abalone Haliotis Shell Earrings Girl'sE209566-0
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Earrings (1 Pair)E204782-0
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Large Abalone Ear-Ornaments (1 Lot)E88900-0
- Culture
- Haida
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Ear PendantE299077-0
From card: "Dentalium shells red and blue beads and tips of red worsted suspended from a bar."
- Culture
- Quileute
- Made in
- Washington, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History