Beaded Earrings

NameEarrings

Maker Wilma Maynas (Shipibo-Conibo)

CultureShipibo - Conibo

Date2017

Place madeCantagallo, Lima, Peru, South America

MediumGlass beads, seeds, polyester filament, metal hooks

Dimensions8 1/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in. (20.5 × 2.3 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.38.1ab

Object numberFA.2017.38.1ab

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionLong beaded earrings. In each earring, eight strands of colorful beads, coming from hook, connect to a beaded cyllinder with a blue x on it. From the cyllinder, eight more strands desend and terminate in small gray seeds.

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