Accession No
2004.154
Description
Silver finger ring, with moulded decoration in the band and a central red glass gem. Around the gem reads ‘Penderlea High School’ and the numbers ‘1974’ on one side and a hornet on the other. Collected in Yemen it a modified American class ring.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Yemen; Ta'izz [Taiz]
Period
Source
Spalding, Barbara [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2004.154
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
30mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
(bio): Mrs. Barbara Spalding. Mrs. Spalding and her husband Michael worked as English teachers in Taiz, Yemen, from 1997-98 during which time she collected silver and talked to the men in the market silver shops.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Silver finger-ring with red glass ‘stone’. Possibly an American ‘class ring’. Around the stone are the words ‘Penderlea High School’ and on the sides is written the year ‘1974’.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
This appears to be an American class ring from Penderlea High School in North Carolina.
Event Date 8/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Silver finger ring, with moulded decoration in the band and a central red glass gem. Around the gem reads ‘Penderlea High School’ and the numbers ‘1974’ on one side and a hornet on the other. Collected in Yemen it a modified American class ring.
Event Date 8/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:265207
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