ornament

Hanging ornament composed of a wooden ring from which hang very thin ribbons, more like cords, with the colors of the rainbow. Used frquently in doors and windows. These colors are used by the...

1900-1940

Carved ornament. Chinese

(D. Peterson 2/79) Date: E. 1900's. Japan. miniature: carved ivory; 2 figures kneeling; symbolic of folktale, one is a man the other figure w/ badger or fox mask...

c.1910?

Item D might be a child's necklace. Donor indicated that her mother, Sarah Leong had played with these objects as a child.

This object is a piece of steatite that was carved into a circular shape with a smaller circular bar protruding from it. Although the collector describes this object as an "ear plug," how Native...

This pear shaped piece of steatite has been shaped and pierced with a hole to allow this stone to be worn as an ornament.

The collector's notes for this artifact read: "San Leandro Shell...

This artifact is made from a pear-shaped piece of geenish-gray stone that is thought to be serpentine. The piece has been carved and shaped, and a hole has been pierced through the top to allow...

This artifact is carved out of a piece of steatite into a cylinder. With the artifact secured in its frame, it is unclear whether or not the stone has been pierced through the center. If the...

This artifact is carved out of a piece of steatite into a cylinder. With the artifact secured in its frame, it is unclear whether or not the stone has been pierced through the center. If the...

This artifact is carved and shaped from an oblong, oval piece of greenish-gray stone, thought to be serpentine. The piece has also been pierced to allow the stone to be worn as an ornament.

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This artifact is made from an oval piece of green stone that appears to be jade. It was carved and pierced, and was intended to be worn as an ornament.

The collector's notes for this...

This artifact is a piece of redish-brown sandstone that has been shaped into a circle and pierced through the center.

This smooth, oval, piece of sandstone has been pierced with two holes, and possibly shaped in order to produce an ornament to be worn by an individual.

The collector's notes for this...

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