Ear ornaments

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Object Number 11-43-30/82975

Display Title Ear ornaments

Descriptions

Inventory Description Shell ear ornaments, shell discs with wood studs and resin, cotton ties, broken.

Classification

Earring

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Woyawoi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana

Materials Shell, Wood, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 2.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 4

Label on object 82975

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
11-43-30/82974	5 pairs ear ornaments	Earring	British Guiana Guyana
12-33-30/84156	10 pairs of ear ornaments	Raw Material Earring	British Guiana Guyana
13-9-70/85287	Ear ornaments	Earring	Mindanao
99-12-70/53638	Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell	Earring	Federated States of Micronesia
09-30-30/75183	Pair of ear pendants	Raw Material Earring	British Guiana Guyana
08-36-70/74345.1	Odd shell ear ornaments	Earring	Eastern Lepanto Northern Nueva Vizcaya
08-36-70/74345	Shell ear ornaments	Earring	Eastern Lepanto Northern Nueva Vizcaya
28-52-30/F700	Pair of ear ornaments	Raw Material Earring	Colombia
33-32-70/132.1	Ear ornaments	Earring	Nauru Island
33-32-70/132	Ear ornaments	Earring	Nauru Island
07-22-10/72043	Ear ornaments	Earring	California
19-17-10/87394	Pair of dentalium ear ornaments	Earring	South Dakota

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