Ear Ornaments
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: BASKETRY DISKS WITH RED AND BLACK FEATHERS, SHELL DISKS AND HALIOTIS SHELLS AT THE ENDS - ORIGINALLY FOUR CATALOGUED, WHICH IS WHY THESE ARE LIKELY PEALE #392.
label: Notes
content: 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with catalogue card identified them this way: "Ear Pendant. - Circular disk of matted grasses on which white beads and red bird feathers are interwoven. Pendant to center and periphery are strings of beads and pieces of shell, Haliotis splendens. Diam. of disk, 1 1/2 ins. Length of pendants, 4 1/2 inches."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2563-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Both
content: 4 cm