Earring

Museum number:

9-21798

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Alternate number:

BY.T-15 (previous number) and T-15 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4737

Object count:

1

Description:

Earring, gilt copper, with two turquoise stones and one red stone; copper appendage on back to hang it from the ear of a large bronze Buddha or Bodhisattva.

Donor:

Estate of G. Eleanore Murray and Estate of Theos C. Bernard

Collection place:

Tibet

Verbatim coll. place:

Tibet

Collector:

Theos C. Bernard

Materials:

Copper (metal) and Turquoise (mineral)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Earrings (jewelry)

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

20th century

Accession date:

March 12, 2004

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

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