ear-ring
- Museum number
- Am2001,16.12.a-b
- Description
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Pair of earrings, each made of a loop consisting of graduated turquoise plastic cylindrical beads [forty eight for (a) and forty five for (b)] with two small glass beads at the top of the loop and pale pink circular shell beads [twelve for (a) and eleven for (b)] in the centre of the loop. The beads are strung on nylon and have a silver wire ear hoop.
- Production date
- 2001
- Dimensions
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Length: 9 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- These earrings were brought to show a simple and effective use of plastic and real shell to make a distinctive earring style - or jaclahs - which traditionally are a Navajo form, and often incorporated on necklaces, though usually Santo Domingo made, and still worn for dances and other occasions.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Santa Clara Feast Day
- Acquisition date
- 2001
- Acquisition notes
- Bought at Santa Clara Feast Day at one of the stalls lining the path to the main Plaza.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2001,16.12.a-b