Earrings Item Number: Ee4.32 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A pair of matched earrings (parts a-b) for pierced ears. Each has a blue pear shaped bead with three indentations in a claw setting, below which, there is a rigid stem of wound wire. Raised floral decoration at the top and the bottom of the stem which terminates in a boss-like cluster of metallic heading.
Cultural Context
Personal adornment.
Item History
- Made in Tibet
- Collected between 1955 and 1973
- Owned by Victor Hardy before December 11, 1979
- Received from Victor Hardy (Donor) on December 11, 1979
What
- Name
- Earrings
- Identification Number
- Ee4.32 a-b
- Type of Item
- earring
- Material
- silver metal and glass
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast
- Part A
- height 8.5 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 2.5 cm
- Part B
- height 8.0 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tibetan
- Previous Owner
- Victor Hardy
- Received from
- Victor Hardy (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tibet
When
- Collection Date
- between 1955 and 1973
- Ownership Date
- before December 11, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 11, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0580/0160