Ear ring

Museum number:
5-6089
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Ear ring; curved triangle shape; red, green, blue, white and blue/white glass beads strung on wire; pendant of glass beads, chain and flat arrow-shaped metal; L. 12 cm.; w. 6 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanganyika; Olduvai; Masai
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ear ring, accession number 5-6089, described as Ear ring; curved triangle shape; red, green, blue, white and blue/white glass beads strung on wire; pendant of glass beads, chain and flat arrow-shaped metal; L. 12 cm.; w. 6 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear ring, accession number 5-6089, described as Ear ring; curved triangle shape; red, green, blue, white and blue/white glass beads strung on wire; pendant of glass beads, chain and flat arrow-shaped metal; L. 12 cm.; w. 6 cm.

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