ear-ring
- Museum number
- Oc.6913
- Description
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Oornament (ear), child's ear-ring of wood, resembling two figs joined at the stalk end.
- Production date
- 1870 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.50 centimetres
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Width: 8.10 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Christy Correspondence - queries and notes on this collection:
'Earrings, Mulgrave Id.
How worn? Through the lobe of the ear, in children the object being to split the lobe entirely. The specimens were in the ears of two children when purchased.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.6913
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1870C1.6913 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1870C1109.292
