Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1949 from Blue Totem Antiques (Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania), operated by Carl Clausen (1883-1954).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Blue Totem Antiques
- Seller
- Blue Totem Antiques
- Seller agent
- Carl Clausen, Non-Indian, 1883-1954
- Object Name
- Ear ornament
- Media/Materials
- Abalone/Haliotis shell, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, tied
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
