Earrings

Museum number:
5-6129a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056129a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Pair of earrings. (a) and (b) Disc of copper and brass; ear-insert extension from inner side; center peak outer side. Used by women. Diameter 8 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba
Culture or time period:
Kamba
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)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 5-6129a,b, described as Pair of earrings. (a) and (b) Disc of copper and brass; ear-insert extension from inner side; center peak outer side. Used by women. Diameter 8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 5-6129a,b, described as Pair of earrings. (a) and (b) Disc of copper and brass; ear-insert extension from inner side; center peak outer side. Used by women. Diameter 8 cm.

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