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Gold and white beaded earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 and white beaded clip-on earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop. Each earring consists of a cluster of large round gold and faux pearl beads strung onto thread with one (1) pearl colored bugle bead behind it, with the strand then attached to a metal perforated disc. The back of each disc has a pressure clip.

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Catalog reference: 2016.48.71ab

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