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Earrings

Object Details

Collection History
Acquired by the MAI Museum Shop from an unknown source; transferred to the MAI collection in 1972.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Seneca [Tonawanda]
Artist/Maker
Arnold Sundown (Arnold Grant Sundown), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1914-1968
Previous owner
Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
Date created
1967-1968
Object Name
Earrings
Media/Materials
German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
Techniques
Hammered, cutout, stamped
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
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