Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings

Alternative Title

Pauti (ear things)

Subject

earrings, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

Description

A pair of earrings consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), brownish-gray, large black, and hollow open-ended brown seeds. Part a has fifteen strands, part b has 18 strands.

Notes on accession card:
"Long earrings of Job's tears to be worn with #25 a&b (short earrings) and #12 (necklace) which match. The strings on the earrings are tied through holes in the top of the woman's ears."

length of a- 18 cm
length of b- 19 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Bidixu's wife A

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

accessory

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-27 a,b

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Bidixu's wife A, “Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed November 16, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/92.