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1884.140.1915

Cylindrical cane ear ornament.

1884.140.1915

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cylindrical cane ear ornament.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878?, uncertain
Date collected
?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 02/07/2019
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Diameter: max 16 mm, Length: max 86 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1915 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 3252
Associated publications
JAI 1878: 467 'Ichê Worn in the holes which they bore in the lobes of their ears PL XV' [Taken from the 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese implements ornaments etc presented to Major General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877']. Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 108 '78 (m) Iche (Car Nicobar Harâ-nang) Ear-stick ornament, usually made of a variety of cane called palai, very commonly worn by both sexes at most of the islands, after the manner of the Burmese. These objects are sometimes hollowed and filled with dammar on account of its agreeable odour, or with tobacco. The silver facet consists generally of a four-anna piece, the surface of which has been rubbed smooth on a stone. This is styled calmât-iche, ie 'the eye of the iche'. The Car Nicobar ear-stick is usually small and neatly-made. When not in use, za plug of cloth rolled leaf etc is often inserted in the perforated ear-lobe.' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Ornament, Ear Ornament

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