Ear Spool

Ear Spool

Public Domain

Ear Spool
CultureCaddoan Mississippian
Titles
  • Ear Spool
Date1200–1350
PlaceSpiro Site, Oklahoma, United States
MediumStone with hammered copper overlay
Dimensions1/2 × 3 1/4 in. diameter (1.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineThe McDannald Collection, gift of Arthur T. McDannald
Object number63.103
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur T. McDannald (d. 1963), Houston; given to MFAH, 1963.

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Ear Spool
1200–1350
Stone with hammered copper overlay
63.105
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Ear Spool
1200–1350
Stone with hammered copper overlay
63.106
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Ear Spool
1200–1350
Stone with copper overlay
63.104
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