Gold plated watch key set with a faceted colorless stone.
Date: 1850-1900
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 102950
Accession Number: 2006.44.417
Two-pronged tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced gold colored scroll work head.
Date: 1870-1900
GUSN: 102951
Accession Number: 2006.44.418
Large (about 9''x9'') tortoiseshell hair comb with carved and pierced foliate head.
Date: 1820-1840
GUSN: 102952
Accession Number: 2006.44.419
Hawaiian "lei niho palaoa" neck ornament with a large, carved ivory pendant attached to many strands made from tightly braided human hair. Worn only by men and women of the elite class - ali'i - lei niho palaoa were potent symbols of status and sacred power.
Date: ca. 1830
Material: human hair, ivory (tooth component), tusk
GUSN: 102953
Accession Number: 2006.44.420
Long necklace of elongated bone beads each separated by a round colored glass and metal beads with white claw or tooth as central pendant.
Date: 1866-1925
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 102954
Accession Number: 2006.44.421
Hawaiian dog-tooth leg ornament, or kupe'e niho 'ilio. Wide anklet of layered dog teeth strung with two-ply twine attached to thicker looped plant fiber. Worn by men during dance ceremonies.
Material: tooth, twine
GUSN: 102955
Accession Number: 2006.44.422
Ojibway beaded green, orange, yellow, purple, blue, white, red, pink belt sash with floral design.
Date: 1870-1925
GUSN: 102956
Accession Number: 2006.44.423
Silver posy holder with floral chased and repousse decoration. Tulip-shaped cup constructed of six leaf-shaped petals attached to a hollow silver stem. A silver chain and pin are attached at the base of the cup. The pin would pierce the flower stems inserted into the cup to keep them stationary. The...
Date: ca. 1840
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 102957
Accession Number: 2002.29.15
Gold wedding band with thin parallel lines engraved near each exterior rim. The interior bears an inscription of the couple's initials and their wedding date (see Inscriptions).
Date: 1844
Material: gold alloy
GUSN: 102958
Accession Number: 2002.29.13
This headdress is composed of a single strand of silk leaves, white silk flowers, and wax-coated silk orange blossoms. It has a pair of matching drop orange blossom earrings with french wires (.2ab) and a corsage of orange blossoms and leaves set against a tulle net pouf (.3). The entire group was o...
Date: ca. 1870
Material: silk (fiber), wax
GUSN: 102959
Accession Number: 1925.232.1
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-six teeth.
Date: 1820-1860
GUSN: 102960
Accession Number: 1917.121
Mottled brown tortoiseshell back comb with plain rounded top and twenty three carved teeth (one missing).
Date: 1820-1850
GUSN: 102961
Accession Number: 1920.395
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a grouping of musical instruments in the center and surrounded by scrolling flowers, twenty teeth.
Date: 1780-1830
GUSN: 102962
Accession Number: 1920.525
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a floral frieze in the center, crosshatching at the bottom, and roundels along the top, nineteen teeth (one broken).
GUSN: 102963
Accession Number: 1920.526
Horn back comb with plain square top and rounded corners and twenty-three teeth
Material: horn (animal material), carving (processes)
GUSN: 102964
Accession Number: 1920.527
Dyed horn hair comb with thin square top and twenty-four teeth.
Date: 1800-1850
GUSN: 102965
Accession Number: 1920.534
Horn comb with a thin square top and eighteen teeth.
GUSN: 102966
Accession Number: 1922.309
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and scrolling foliage, sixteen teeth (one broken)
Date: 1810-1840
GUSN: 102967
Accession Number: 1923.208
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-five teeth (one is missing).
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 102968
Accession Number: 1924.94
Tortoiseshell comb with a plain square top and thirteen teeth.
Date: 1800-1860
GUSN: 102969
Accession Number: 1924.95
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring scrolling design of multiple flowers, twelve teeth.
GUSN: 102970
Accession Number: 1927.1082
Tortoiseshell hatpin with teardrop head and twisted tortoiseshell shaft.
GUSN: 102621
Accession Number: 1922.186
Pair of vulcanite or hard rubber hatpins.
Date: 1870-1890
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material)
GUSN: 102622
Accession Number: 1934.1289ab
Pair of round tortoiseshell hatpins with piqué posé inlaid bird and flower design, each has smaller tortoiseshell ball with matching design on a chain attached to the shaft.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 102623
Accession Number: 1924.99ab
Pair of hairpin with large tortoiseshell ball heads decorated in gold piqué point design
GUSN: 102624
Accession Number: 1922.187.1-2
Oval micromosaic stickpin of St. Peter's Basilica in black glass ground.
Date: 1840-1870
GUSN: 102625
Accession Number: 1932.846
GUSN: 102626
Accession Number: 1932.847
Hatpin with large glass ball head with brass openwork mounts, five chains with black glass balls attached from top of head.
Date: 1850-1870
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 102627
Accession Number: 1929.1514
Pair of hatpins with black glass balls and brass openwork mounts, each has small black glass ball brass tassels suspended from a chain attached to the shaft.
GUSN: 102628
Accession Number: 1926.71ab
Metal hatpin with jet ball head.
Date: 1850-1920
GUSN: 102629
Accession Number: 2007.15.116
Hatpin with shiny black glass teardrop shaped head.
GUSN: 102630
Accession Number: 2007.15.93
Hatpin with a faceted black glass head.
GUSN: 102631
Accession Number: 2007.15.102
Pair of hatpins with jet heads in the shape of dice, small jet balls attached to shaft.
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 102632
Accession Number: 1922.188ab
Pair of hatpins with lavender glass balls set upon an openwork gilt metal mount, four smaller balls on chains are attached from the top of the head and at the shaft.
GUSN: 102633
Accession Number: 1926.69
Hatpin with turquoise glass ball head.
GUSN: 102634
Accession Number: 1922.191
Pair of gilt brass hatpins with pink glass heads set in a crown shaped mount with twisted wire decoration coiled around bottom, each has two chains attached at the top and bottom of the head with faux pearls and brass tassels suspended from a gilt metal mount.
GUSN: 102635
Accession Number: 1932.559-560
Pair of hatpins with blue glass balls set in a gilt metal petal mount, smaller ball on chain suspended from shaft.
GUSN: 102636
Accession Number: 1938.603ab
Pair of hatpins with five turquoise glass balls set on a gilt metal leaf shaped mount, each has two chains of glass balls attached at shaft.
GUSN: 102637
Accession Number: 1926.70ab
Four silver filigree hatpins, all are set en tremblant, three with a single flower and one with a butterfly.
GUSN: 102638
Accession Number: 1939.656a-d
Three hairpins, one large one small, each have silver filigree flower heads.
GUSN: 102639
Accession Number: 1940.589a-c
Hatpin with a silver teardrop-shaped head of open scrollwork.
Date: 1880-1910
GUSN: 102640
Accession Number: 1951.115
Pair of hatpins with large teardrop-shaped metal heads of scrolled openwork.
GUSN: 102641
Accession Number: 1952.149ab
Pair of hatpins of large wooden balls painted with a red and gold scroll design.
GUSN: 102642
Accession Number: 1937.990.1-2
Hatpin with round pink quartz head with a center band of faceted clear glass.
Date: 1880-1920
GUSN: 102643
Accession Number: 1928.606
GUSN: 102644
Accession Number: 1928.608
Stickpin set with a round multi-sided green stone with gold colored metal tacks.
GUSN: 102645
Accession Number: 1922.194
Shawl pin with two large painted black wood balls.
GUSN: 102646
Accession Number: 1933.221
Gold hatpin with a faceted amethyst teardrop-shaped head with a faceted colorless glass band and topped with a seed pearl.
GUSN: 102647
Accession Number: 1937.590
Gold hatpin with a round pointed head with a faceted yellow glass or stone top over a gilt metal band over a band of faceted colorless glass over a gilt metal bottom with twisted wire decoration.
GUSN: 102648
Accession Number: 1937.591
Metal hatpin in a fishtail shape set with colorless pastes and a triangle of jet beads.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: Fishel, Nessler & Company
GUSN: 102649
Accession Number: 1932.2327