Dangle Earrings; German Silver
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Michael K. Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Collected for USNM in 1966 by Michael Kincaid Davis. Listed in Davis ms as: Dangle earrings (button, clain, and cone). Buttons may represent ritualistic Peyote buttons to one Indian, just a traditional form to another. Normally worn by young women for dress or pow wows. Cones similar to those sewn to buckskin clothes and ornamentation and jangles. Ball and cone earrings some of earliest German silver ear ornaments worn on the Plains. Purchased from George Silverhorn of Anadarko, Oklahoma for $3.50. Made by George "Dutch" Silverhorn (Kiowa, Anadarko, Oklahoma) in 1966 specifically for this collection.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2092165
label: USNM Number
content: E437553-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring