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Earring
Gold earring made by an unknown Toba Batak. TheToba Batak are a population group in northern Sumatra, in the area around, and south of Lake Toba. \This specimen is not unique, but an example of a type of earring called duri-duri. The name duri-duri (thorns), refers to the projections, on a gold ring that is not quite closed. Usually there are between 14 and 23 of them. At the two ends of the ring …
Type of item
- Object Type: ear pendant
- ear pendant
- Ear pendant
Date
- Voor 1892
Medium
- Material: gold
- gold
- Gold
Type of item
- Object Type: ear pendant
- ear pendant
- Ear pendant
Date
- Voor 1892
Medium
- Material: gold
- gold
- Gold
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1892/1892
Provenance
- 1892-08-12
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/675803
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- http://thesaurus.europeanafashion.eu/thesaurus/10547
- silver
- gold
- copper
- copper
- alloy
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z