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ornament, ear

human history
  • Description

    A pair of shell earrings with [stainless steel] fixtures fixed through a hole pierce in each shell. Each earring consists of one shell only. Shells sources from the Solomon Islands but made into earrings in New Zealand.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    2015.22.4
  • Accession Date
    07 Apr 2015
  • Other Id

    56758.4 (ethnology)

  • Department
2015.22.4; earrings

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