Ear Ornament

Earring

22349B

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22349B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Dentalium Shell | Leather
Description

Dentalum shells strung in nine parallel rows between strips of leather. The leather is painted red on one side, and a coin is tied to one of the central leather strips. The coin has the image of a charging bull on the front, and the back reads "Good for 25 cents in merchandise, Durfee & Peck." Six loose dentalum shells are bagged separately.

Length 32.4 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902

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