Earring
87-19-1B
From: Peru | Nasaret | Rio Maranon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-19-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jivaro |
| Provenience | Peru | Nasaret | Rio Maranon |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Beetle Wing | Toucan Feather |
| Description | Three strings of Euchroma gigantea wing covers, with a bundle of red and yellow toucan feathers at top. Each earring ends in a short beaded loop at the top and a short palm stem, which is used as a backing to fasten the earrings to the ear lobe. |
| Length | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1987 |
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