Culture/People:

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Possible collector:

General Oliver Otis Howard (O. O. Howard), Non-Indian, 1830-1909  Search this

Previous owner:

Elizabeth Howard Bancroft (Mrs. Joseph Bancroft), Non-Indian, 1871-1941  Search this

Donor:

Elizabeth Howard Bancroft (Mrs. Joseph Bancroft), Non-Indian, 1871-1941  Search this

Object Name:

Earrings

Media/Materials:

Abalone/Haliotis shell, brass wire

Techniques:

Cut, drilled

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Arizona; USA

Date created:

circa 1870

Collection History:

Probably collected by General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909) during military expeditions in the Southwest in the 1870s; given to or inherited by his daughter Elizabeth Howard Bancroft (Mrs. Joseph Bancroft, 1871-1941); donated to MAI by Mrs. Bancroft in 1936.

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Catalog Number:

19/704

Barcode:

190704.000

See related items:

Akimel O'odham (Pima)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6498b2d79-d2a0-4bd0-bd14-840594eb56d8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_203135