Bone Ear Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BONE EAR ORNAMENT WITH ETCHED CROSS-HATCHED TRIANGLES ALONG A 8 CM. SECTION OF THE HOLLOWED OUT BONE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. IDENTIFIED AS MAIDU BY MATTHEW STIRLING IN 1922. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [back]: "MAIDU INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. MWS - 1922."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maidu (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2640-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.5 cm