Earring

Museum number:
9-21798
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Alternate number:
BY.T-15 (previous number) and T-15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Earring, gilt copper, with two turquoise stones and one red stone; copper appendage on back to hang it from the ear of a large bronze Buddha or Bodhisattva.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Turquoise (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 9-21798, described as Earring, gilt copper, with two turquoise stones and one red stone; copper appendage on back to hang it from the ear of a large bronze Buddha or Bodhisattva.

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