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Pair of Large Shell Earrings, c.1890

A pair of large shell earrings believed to be from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall Reservation in 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.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.2_1

Location: Shelf 32 Box 4

Subject: earrings, Native Americans

Format: Jewelry

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