GOLDEN EARPLUGS

Item #IND0027



Golden earplugs, Javanese, late 1800's.

 

Diameter front disk: 2,6 cm.

Diameter rear disk: 1,6 cm.

 

Golden earplugs / starshaped motif on the front disks with in the center a beautifull white translucent stone and filled with black mastic / rear disks with wonderfull filigree work.

 

Provenance: Indonesian family heirlooms, of an Indonesian man who take them with him just after the second World War from Indonesia to the Netherlands.


Additional info: Similar earplugs are in the Museum Volkenkunde Leiden, collected before 1900.

 

Condition: As seen on photos, if required ask for condition report.