Earrings
Artist
Plains
Mediumrawhide, brass, tin, shell
DimensionsOther: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read
Object number1881.3.95.1 A-B LA
DescriptionPair of long earrings, one nine tiers long, the other ten tiers long bringing them to approx. the same length. Between tiers are strips of rawhide with brass tacks attached to them in groups of three or four. A shaped piece of tin is attached to the end of each earring.On View
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NOTHERN PLAINS
18th/19th century
Japan
Tibet
1815-1830