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Ear weight from Tanimbar in the Moluccas

Posted by Susi Johnston on August 19, 2011 at 4:52pm
Again, we see a variation on the earlobe weight or pendant theme. Here, and also in Sumba, the type has taken on an overlapped "twist". One can only wonder how the wide parts of these ornaments were passed through the hole in the earlobe. It would only have been possible with significantly distended lobes with large holes and thin lobe tissue left at the lower part of the lobe.
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Tags: Indonesia, ear, filigree, gold, pendant, tribal
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  • Joost Daalder August 21, 2011 at 5:02am
    I am sorry I misjudged these before: imagined the size the wrong way, and thus misclassified it altogether. These are very nice.
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