- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Trapezoidal silver ear ornament. Restricts and projects from a corner on one side, arcing to the other side to form a loop. [ILL [OPS move] 31/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Mapuche
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- By 1922
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Width: max 60 mm, Depth: max 4 mm, Length: max 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.101 Other numbers: 14538
Search terms: Ornament, Ear Ornament
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