ear-ring
- Museum number
- Af2006,23.69
- Description
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Ear-ring made of silver-alloy. Made of one silver-alloy sheet shaped by cutting and hammering. The overall form represents a human figure in ample dress, with arms horizontally stretched and bent, with no legs. The gobelet-shaped head is prolonged by a hook made of a silver-alloy pin folded and fixed by heating. The whole surface is decorated with incised geometrical figures. In the lower part are three small holes made by punching. In two of them have been inserted small silver-alloy plaques in the form of a lozendge prolonged by a hook made of a silver-alloy pin, inserted into the holes and folded.
- Production date
- 1900-1950 (?)
- Curator's comments
- This old ear-ring was made by an unknown Inadan (metal artisan of the Tuareg/Tamashek people), possibly in early twentieth century.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2006 (24 November)
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased during fieldwork and collecting trips to Mali by Dr Claude Ardouin (Dept of AOA) from 10 to 25 November 2006. Purchased from funds provided by Townley Group.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2006,23.69
