Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Non-Indian (attributed)
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, 1933-1996
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Date created
- circa 1965
- Object Name
- Earring
- Media/Materials
- Abalone/Haliotis shell, metal jewelry findings
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
