ear-pendant
- Museum number
- 2009,2010.2
- Description
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Ear pendant of turtleshell with fringe of bat teeth
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Length: 5 centimetres
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Width: 5.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This ear-pendant is from East Kwaio, where it is known as ba'o (see Burt (2009) Body Ornaments of Malaita, p.91). It was made in the 1980s under the Kwaio Cultural Centre programme.
See more of David Marshall's collection 2015,2034.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Circular loop at top of pendant broken.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2009,2010.2