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Silver men's earring
About 80 million adivasi, descendants of the primeval inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent, live in generally remote areas. A few groups have retained their original form of religion. They worship gods in the open air, manifesting themselves in stone or in wooden poles. A medium makes contact with the deity to whom rice, eggs and the blood of a sacrificial animal are offered.\The 80 million Adiv…
Type of item
- Object Type: ear ornament
- ear ornament
- Earring
- Ear ornament
Date
- voor 1968
Medium
- Material: alloy
- alloy
- Alloy
Type of item
- Object Type: ear ornament
- ear ornament
- Earring
- Ear ornament
Date
- voor 1968
Medium
- Material: alloy
- alloy
- Alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1968
Provenance
- 1968-01-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/117053
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
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