Earring

Museum number:

1-259245a,b

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Accession number:

Acc.4633

Object count:

2

Count note:

1

Description:

Earrings, abalone shell, one pair; curved fragment of shell, highly polished; half of each edge serrated at opposite ends; bright metal wire hangers for attachment to pierced ears; length (pendant) 5.0 cm. Serrated design same as employed in elk antler spoon handles.

Donor:

Ira Jacknis and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Northwestern California

Production place:

Eureka, Humboldt County, California

Culture or time period:

Yurok

Maker or artist:

Gary Markussen

Collector:

Ira Jacknis

Collection date:

May 28, 1999

Materials:

Abalone shell

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Gifts, Novelties, Models, Reproductions (excluding currency), Commemorative Medals, and Forgeries

Production date:

circa 1994

Accession date:

June 1, 1994

Department:

Cat. 1: California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Purchased by Ira Jacknis from maker, May 28, 1994 at 23rd Annual Spring Show and Indian Market, Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, California, for $30.00.

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