Pair of Earrings
In the Yup'ik language of central Alaska, these earrings are called aqlitek. Young girls' ears were pierced, and the hole created was kept open by threading it with seagrass. Over time, larger cords and ropes of the grass were added, to enlarge the piercing. By tradition, if t...
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कलाकृति/वस्तु
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Mrs. Olga Pertzoff, Lincoln, Massachusetts [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Family of Mrs. Olga Pertzoff, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1980, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.
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संस्कृति
Cup'ig (Alaskan Native)
विधा
earrings (jewelry)
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