Earplugs

Museum number:
1-10919
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010919
Alternate number:
749 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Object count:
1
Description:
Very small, wooden.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu (Choinumni village), Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earplugs (ear ornaments)
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Worn by little girls when the ears are first pierced. The size of the plug is gradually increased until the opening is made large enough to take plugs like 10880 and 10881.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "wobi" (hudugide dialect). Remarks: "This pair of plugs was purchased from the daughter of the woman who was wearing 10920.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplugs, accession number 1-10919, described as Very small, wooden.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplugs, accession number 1-10919, described as Very small, wooden.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplugs, accession number 1-10919, described as Very small, wooden.

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