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Drop earrings

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Earrings of the Naga. Heavy black hair, beads and dry leaves wrapped in colourful fibres

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Naga
Object type
Drop earrings
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 11 cm
Height: 21 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 12,5 cm
Material/Technique
Hair , Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28011 a,b <1>

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    who
    Naga
  • Collecting
    who
    C. Dowding - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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