Silver Earrings

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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Silver

Overall: 13/16 × 3/16 in. (2 × 0.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer

166.56.24792

Geography

Place Made: Hoonah, United States, North America

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Provenance

Purchased from Mrs. George (Eva James) Bell (1906-2003), Hoonah, Alaska; [possibly collected by Axel Rasmussen (about 1887-1945), possibly 1920-30's; Earl L. Stendahl (1887-1966), Los Angeles California]; Doris Meltzer (1908-1977), Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1966.

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