Ear Ornament

NA1505

From: Alaska | Kuskokwim River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1505
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Kuskokwim River
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass
Description

One pair of joined earrings of white, red, blue and green beads. 2 bone earrings on each side (4 total) have concentric circles incised and 2 leather strips from which the beads hang. One earring back was broken and repaired with metal.

Length 27 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1907

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