Earrings

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Date created: 1971

Culture/People: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker: Richard Teesatuskie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1944-2012
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Medicine Man Crafts (Medicine Man Craft Shop), 1967-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Medicine Man Craft Shop (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1972; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)

See related items: Eastern Band of Cherokee; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/7834
Barcode: 257834.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Earrings
Media/Materials: Silver, coral, metal jewelry findings
Techniques: Hammered, overlaid, bezel-set/stone-setting
Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.7 x 0.9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a849e1dc-a879-4323-b466-770c050524c0

Record ID: NMAI_273750