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1985.51.768

Trade card with 6 copper alloy and gilded hoop earrings sewn onto it. [SM 05/05/2011]

1985.51.768

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Collection type
Object
Description
Trade card with 6 copper alloy and gilded hoop earrings sewn onto it. [SM 05/05/2011]
Long description
Trade card with 6 copper alloy and gilded hoop earrings sewn onto it. The card has "MADE IN AUSTRIA" printed at the bottom. Each earring has a unique number written in ink above it. They are: 02676, 02653, 02672, 02673, 0845, 0849 [SM 05/05/2011][SM 05/05/2011]
Person
Field collector Edward Lovett
PRM source Wellcome Institute
PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Ink, Material Quartz Stone, Material Glass, Process Bent, Process Stamped, Process Inlaid, Process Perforated, Process Written, Process Printed
Dimensions
Width: max 96 mm, Length: max 196 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.51.768 Other numbers: A 157184 OP COS A lot 172

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Trade, Amulet, Ear Ornament

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