These little silver “ball and cone” earbobs were ubiquitous in Native America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. There is one other published ball and cone earbob set from Vermont, so they are not unique. Also, earbob fragments from pairs like these have been found before in burial contexts in Vermont. Ex Ben Gravel Collection. I distinctly remember him once telling me that they style was “Probably from Central New Hampshire,” but elsewhere he said they were from Vermont. Both Vermont and New Hampshire are American Abenaki territory, so the ambiguity is annoying but not politically significant.
