Shuar. <em>Pair of Ear Ornaments</em>, first half of the 20th century. Feathers, bamboo, glass beads, fiber, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (11.4 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 88.89.12a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.89.12a-b.jpg)

Shuar. Pair of Ear Ornaments, first half of the 20th century. Feathers, bamboo, glass beads, fiber, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (11.4 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 88.89.12a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.89.12a-b.jpg)

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Pair of Ear Ornaments

Arts of the Americas

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CULTURES Shuar or Achuar

MEDIUM Feathers, bamboo, glass beads, fiber

Place Made: Oriente, Ecuador

DATES first half of the 20th century

DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (11.4 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 88.89.12a-b

CREDIT LINE Anonymous gift

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Pair of feathered ear ornaments worn by men. Earring "a" has seven bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, and white glass beads. These are attached to a short bamboo tube that is hollow at one end and decorated with bands of incised geometric designs. Earring "b" has eight bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, white, light green, dark green, yellow, and orange glass beads. These are attached to a slender undecorated bamboo stick (possibly a replacement for a lost decorated one). Condition: Good.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION Shuar. Pair of Ear Ornaments, first half of the 20th century. Feathers, bamboo, glass beads, fiber, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (11.4 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 88.89.12a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.89.12a-b.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 88.89.12a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

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