Ear Ornament
Earring
22349B
From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 22349B |
| 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 |
| Description | Dentalum shells strung in nine parallel rows between strips of leather. The leather is painted red on one side, and a coin is tied to one of the central leather strips. The coin has the image of a charging bull on the front, and the back reads "Good for 25 cents in merchandise, Durfee & Peck." Six loose dentalum shells are bagged separately. |
| Length | 32.4 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902 |
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