Ear Ornament
Ear
Model
P24
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo (uncertain) | Kapuas River (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kantu' (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo (uncertain) | Kapuas River (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Wax |
| Description | Ear ornament consisting of multiple graduated thin rings, with one long thin diamond-shaped pendant, in wax model of ear. The edge of the outer ear is punctured "in a series of small holes about an eighth of an inch apart, extending from the lobe all aroun the ear to where it joins with the skin of the head. In these diminutive holes they insert . . . an elaborate ornament of open brass rings either plain or strung with cowrie shells. . . ." ("Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters" p. 156) |
| Length | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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