Ear Bones (Bo-no) Item Number: 08.491.8826a-b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Earplugs. A red-feathered disk is surrounded by white beads and attached to a carved piece of bone. Pendants of abalone are suspended from the red disk.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Ear Bones (Bo-no)
- Identification Number
- 08.491.8826a-b
- Type of Item
- bone and ear
- Material
- crane wing bone, sedge root, acorn woodpecker scalp, feather, glass bead, string and abalone shell
- Overall
- length 9.0 in, width 1.5 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Jewelry