Pair of Earrings

Tlingit people, Alaska, Native American

Late 19th-early 20th century

Titles Pair of Earrings (Descriptive)
Artist Tlingit people, Northwest Coast region
Medium silver
Credit Line Museum purchase, 1956.48.115a-b
Object Name earrings
Classification Jewelry

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Vertical monoprint in shades of blue and purple depicts black and white photographic images of man with two women superimposed on whale fin with hole at top.

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Truncated cone shape, the flat top showing the 4 wide (5/8") strips of bark used as a foundation. The weaving is double, the inside much coarser than the outside.

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