- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of silver earrings, flared towards the bottom, with a row of cut-out triangles and patterns of incised lines. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/11/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Mapuche
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1955
- Date collected
- By 1955
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1955
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Perforated, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1955.6.26.1 Accession number: 1955.6.26.2
Search terms: Ornament, Ear Ornament
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