Pair of Large Shell Earrings, c.1890

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Pair of Large Shell Earrings, c.1890
Pair of Large Shell Earrings, c.1890
Pair of Large Shell Earrings, c.1890
Artifact/Collection Number: 
AC 2002.2_1
Location: 
Shelf 32 Box 4

A pair of large shell earrings from the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho. A braided piece of brown metal in looped through each of the pink and white circular shell pieces. On each earring is an etching of a male deer. The edges of the shells are scalloped and one of the earrings is damaged. These earrings belonged Zatae Longsdorff, class of 1887.

Decade: 
1890-1899
Origin: 
Gift of Enid Straw, 1968 and 1975
People: 
Longsdorff, Zatae
Subject: 
earrings
Format: 
Jewelry