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Ear flare

Artist
Mediumgray marble
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1954.22.77
DescriptionUnusually large ear flare, outer (visible) side highly polished, inner side and tube for insertion left relatively rough; Size suggests it belongs to a period of wealth and prosperity, possibly contemporary with the elaborate figurative murals on residential compounds;
On View
Not on view
Collections
Head
Pre-Columbian
400-650 CE
Bowl
1350-1520 CE
Fiurtedhausser
19th century
Dress
1868-1872
Jar
Peru
700-1400
Sheath
Philippines
2 SCAPES
Herbert Meyer
Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1815-1879
1867
Shawl
N. INDIA, KASHMIR
prob. early 20th c.