Ear Ornament

Earring

22349A

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22349A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Dentalium Shell | Leather | Brass
Description

Dentalum shells strung in fourteen parallel rows between strips of leather, set in brass tacks. Only one brass tack is missing.

Length 48.2 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902

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