Gorgets, Ear Ornaments
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 20.1. Exhibit label identified objects as: "Ear pendants of dentalium and abalone shell, worn by women among the Upper Missouri tribes before 1850."
label: Notes
content: For drawings of Arikara men wearing similar abalone shell pendant earrings, see Manuscript 154,064A and B in the National Anthropological Archives. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E153972-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring