Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Douglas D. Graham (1849-1914), probably between the late 1870s and about 1906, when he was a trader and U.S. Indian Agent at Zuni, New Mexico; donated to MAI in 1960 by his nieces Evelyn Brinckerhoff Lent (Mrs. Ward S. Lent, 1890-1970), Heloise Graham Brinckerhoff Oman (Mrs. Charles M. Oman, 1885-1966), Beatrice Brinckerhoff Young (Mrs. Alexander M. Young, 1895-1973), and Mary Franklin Brinckerhoff Van Houten (Mrs. John M. Van Houten, 1894-1964).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Diné (Navajo)
- Collector
- Douglas D. Graham, Non-Indian, 1849-1914
- Previous owner
- Douglas D. Graham, Non-Indian, 1849-1914
- Donor
- Evelyn B. Lent (Evelyn White Brinckerhoff/Mrs. Ward S. Lent), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Heloise G. B. Oman (Heloise Graham Brinckerhoff/Mrs. Charles M. Oman), Non-Indian, 1885-1966
- Mary F. B. Van Houten (Mary Franklin Brinckerhoff/Mrs. John M. Van Houten), Non-Indian, 1894-1964
- Beatrice A. B. Young (Beatrice A. Brinckerhoff/Mrs. Alexander M. Young), Non-Indian, 1895-1973
- Date created
- 1880-1885
- Object Name
- Earring
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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