Ear ornament
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo) [Xikrin]
- Seller
- George Love, Non-Indian, 1937-1995
- Collector
- George Love, Non-Indian, 1937-1995
- Object Name
- Ear ornament
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Native Term
- buridjouah
- Place
- Xikrin village; Pará State, North Region; Brazil
- Date created
- 1960-1966
- Collection History
- Collected in 1966 by photographer George Love (1937-1995) while accompanying an ethnographic expedition; purchased by MAI from George Love in 1967.
- Catalog Number
- 23/9439
- Barcode
- 239439.000
- See related items
- Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo) [Xikrin]
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement