Ear pendants, hammered metal, aluminum

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Object Number 973-16-50/11488

Display Title Ear pendants, hammered metal, aluminum

Descriptions

Indigenous Term ashawa kami gente

Inventory Description Metal ornaments, tweezer shaped withrounded bend, pointed ends

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Hamar

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Ethiopia

Materials Metal

Dimensions Overall: 17.4 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (6 7/8 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 973-16-50/11488

Provenance

Donor Robert G. Gardner

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