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
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 April 29, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/92.