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Museum object · Jewelry and Adornment

Feather-like gold metal earrings worn by Ophelia DeVore

1961

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Gold colored metal clip-on earrings worn by Ophelia DeVore. Each earring has a flat oval disc that sits above the lobe with a series of metal rods radiating from one half of the oval ending in a ball with a twisted leaf-like piece at the tip. Together the radiating pieces resemble feathers. A clip is attached to the back of each earring on the bottom radiating pieces.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2011.25.4.3ab

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