Ear Ornament
Ear
Model
P25
From: Borneo | Kapuas River (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P25 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kantu' (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Borneo | Kapuas River (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Shell | Wax |
| Description | Ear ornament consisting of multiple graduated thin metal rings, strung with discs of white cowrie shell and tiny red beads. Shell pendant hanging from last (largest) ring by short string of red and white beads. In wax model of ear. The edge of the outer ear is punctured "in a series of small holes about an eighth of an inch apart, extending from the lobe all aroun the ear to where it joins with the skin of the head. In these diminutive holes they insert . . . an elaborate ornament of open brass rings either plain or strung with cowrie shells. . . ." ("Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters" p. 156) |
| Length | 15 cm |
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