Culture/People:

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Object Name:

Earrings

Media/Materials:

Abalone/Haliotis shell

Techniques:

Cut, perforated

Dimensions:

8.4 x 6.5 x 2 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Indigenous Term:

guk'át

Place:

Alaska; USA

Date created:

1800-1900

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1920.

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Catalog Number:

9/9855

Barcode:

099855.000

See related items:

Tlingit

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68f08683a-4dc8-476d-86af-c756cb6d7561

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_107761