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Crescent moon earrings
Crescent moon earrings
Crescent moon earrings
DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Crescent moon earrings

NameEarrings
Artist Artist unrecorded
Place madeNorth Africa, Africa
MediumSilver, gilt
Dimensions6 1/2 × 21 7/16 in. (16.5 × 54.5 cm)
Width: extended
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.640
Object numberA.1955.86.640
DescriptionLarge hoops with triangular dotted motif, and 5 chain dangles with crescent moons, from each earring. Earrings connected by chain of 41 cm.
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