Earring
65-10-44
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Pau |
| Object Number | 65-10-44 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Wax |
| Description | Straight wooden stick attached to convex side of nacreous clam shell with wax; on concave side two black circles, one within the other. Worn by men in fertility rites. Few men today can wear them due to the necessary size of hole in ear. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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