Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
Alternative Title
Pauti (ear thing)
Subject
earrings, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
Earrings consisting of white string, Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), gray-brown, small dark brown, and medium-sized black seeds. Part a consists of ten strands, part b consists of twelve strands.
Notes on accession card:
"Earrings of Job's tears. To be worn with #12 (Job's necklace) and #27 (longer earring of Job's tears). The string is tied through a hole in the woman's earlobe."
length of part a and b- 10 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Earrings of Job's tears. To be worn with #12 (Job's necklace) and #27 (longer earring of Job's tears). The string is tied through a hole in the woman's earlobe."
length of part a and b- 10 cm
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Bidixu's wife B
Date Created
c. 20th century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
accessory
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-25 a,b
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Citation
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Bidixu's wife B, “Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed April 28, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/84.