Earrings With Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1927
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.
label: Collector
content: Dr. T. Dale Stewart
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Round ear ornaments of ivory with copper plugs at center, around which run concentric circles. To the bottom of these are attached beads, blue, green, white and red, in a band which hangs under the chin from ear to ear. The beads are spaced with ivory strips 2.2 cm. long. Same as 340325. 33.5 cm. long from one ear piece to another." Ilus. Fig. 299 p. 225 in Fitzhugh, William W., and Aron Crowell. 1988. Crossroads of continents: cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=348 , retrieved 10-24-2021; see web page for additional information: Earrings with necklace, Yup'ik Women wore beaded jewelry during ceremonies and dances, including earrings that were connected under the chin by strands of beads. Nunivak Islanders were known for the exceptional artistry of their clothing, jewelry, and carvings. Yup'ik Elder Annie Blue of Togiak gave the name agluirutet for earrings that are connected with strands of beads. This set was collected on Nunivak Island in 1927. Yup'ik and Cup'ik women, especially those living in villages south of the lower Yukon River, wore earrings, necklaces, and labrets (lip ornaments) in a wide variety of designs that combined glass trade beads with walrus ivory hooks and fasteners. Men also wore labrets and earrings. Beaded jewelry was part of the regalia that people wore during ceremonies and dances. On Nunivak Island, women pierced young girls' ears using a rolled up piece of tin, then inserted braided caribou hair or an ivory pin to keep the holes from closing. Men pierced boys' ears, using the stone tip of a drill.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea / Nunivak Island Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 096521
label: USNM Number
content: E340332-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring / Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32 cm