Earring and Pendant Set

Jewelry

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Earring and Pendant Set

Entry/Object ID

L2024.3.86a-e

Description

Earring and pendant set made from fluorite and other semi-precious stones. Pendant is rectangular in shape with a large white/beige stone in the center surrounded by alternating stones in red, blue, pink, and black. Pendant is suspended on a double cord of pink and black. Earrings are columnar in shape and consist of alternating bands of stone in red, blue, pink, yellow, and black. The set includes a velvet bag and original box.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Abenaki Cultural Conservancy

Made/Created

Artist

Tsonakwa, Gerard Rancourt

Date made

1989

Place

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Earring

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ornament, Ear

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pendant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Web Links and URLs

Gerard Tsonakwa Sculpture in Smithsonian Museum of American Indian