Earrings and Brooch Set

Jewelry

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Earrings and Brooch Set

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.11

Description

Walrus ivory carved flower-like styled post earrings (AB) and a brooch (C) with multiple petals and blue/green centers; gold bottom box with soft, blue padding and white basket patterned top on which is printed “Ivory earrings and 2 pins” in black marker; second pin may refer to one of the other pins in this collection.

Collection

Permanent

Acquisition

Accession

1993.23

Source or Donor

Thelma Moyars

Notes

Sister of Ila Scott

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Eskimo, Yupik, Aleut
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Set, Jewelry

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Depth

9/16 in

Diameter

1-9/16 in

Material

Ivory, Brass

Color

White

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ila F. Scott

Notes

Sister to Thelma Moyars

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Source Notes

Role

Information provided by source.

Notes

Collected by Ila F. Scott during her years as a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher in the American Southwest and Alaska.