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DepartmentMiddle East

Ear ornament

NameEar ornament
CultureLikely Tuareg
(not assigned)North Africa, Africa
MediumSilver, coral, glass, stone
Dimensions12 3/16 × 3 9/16 in. (31 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.1.248 NA
Object numberA.1955.1.248 NA
DescriptionThis large earring is triangular with scalloped sides and leaf patterns. From it hang five long chains that end in two small coral beads on each side of a large glass bead (4 green, 1 blue) leading to a flat squarish shape.
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Artist Not Recorded
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