Pair of Ear Ornaments Item Number: 88.89.12a-b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Pair of feathered ear ornaments worn by men. Earring "a" has seven bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, and white glass beads. These are attached to a short bamboo tube that is hollow at one end and decorated with bands of incised geometric designs. Earring "b" has eight bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, white, light green, dark green, yellow, and orange glass beads. These are attached to a slender undecorated bamboo stick (possibly a replacement for a lost decorated one). Condition: Good.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Item History
- Made between 1901 and 1950
What
- Name
- Pair of Ear Ornaments
- Identification Number
- 88.89.12a-b
- Type of Item
- ear ornament and pair
- Material
- feather, bamboo, glass bead and fibre
- Overall
- length 4.5 in, width 3.5 in, height 4.0 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1901 and 1950
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor