ear-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.879.a-b
- Description
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Pair of circular earrings made from beetle heads and thorax strung together on twisted plant fibre cord.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.50 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Expedition label stamped DANIELS ETHNOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION written in pencil by William Cooke Daniels reads: 'KULUPA Hulaa local'; BM note on reverse in black ink: 'Hula. Earrings made from the thorax of a non-flying beetle (KULUPA) Came from bush (kunika)'.Text copied from expedition label attached to Oc1906,1013.1554. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.879.a-b