Pair of Earrings
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Mapuche. Pair of Earrings, 18th–19th century. Silver, a: 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8.9 x 0.3 cm.) b: 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in. ( 13 x 8.6 x 1 cm.). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 36.931a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.931a-b_bw.jpg)
Culture
Title
Pair of Earrings
Date
18th–19th century
Geography
Place made: Chile
Medium
Silver
Classification
Dimensions
a: 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8.9 x 0.3 cm.) b: 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in. ( 13 x 8.6 x 1 cm.)
Credit Line
Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
Accession Number
36.931a-b
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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This pair of earrings was made by a Mapuche artist from Chile. They date to the 18th or 19th century. Despite the Spanish colonial presence in Chile and Argentina during this time, Mapuche artists and their culture resisted Spanish cultural encroachment.
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