Ear Ornament

11th–14th century

Gold

5.17 x 2.81 cm, 32.245 g (2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in., 32.245 g)

Gift of Valerie and Hunter Thompson

2007.142.184

Geography:

Made in Tulungagung, Java, Indonesia

Culture:

Java

Period:

Late Classic Period (ca. 1000–1400)

Classification:

Jewelry

Status:

On view

Bibliography:

John Miksic, Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 243, fig. 100.

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