File:FMIB 49777 Ear ornaments Their weight stretches the ear They are of copper and tin, inlaid with silver and gold, and were hung to the ear.jpeg

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Author
William Lewis Herndon  (1813–1857)  wikidata:Q8014559 s:en:Author:William Lewis Herndon
 
William Lewis Herndon
Alternative names
Lewis Herndon
Description American explorer and military officer
Date of birth/death 25 October 1813 Edit this at Wikidata 12 September 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Fredericksburg
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q8014559
Description
English: Ear ornaments. Their weight stretches the ear. They are of copper and tin, inlaid with silver and gold, and were hung to the ear by the string. From their appearance, not owned by the common Indians
  • Subject: Peru--Antiquities, Earrings--Peru
  • Tag: Antiquities
Date 1854
date QS:P571,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
49777
Source/Photographer
English: Herndon, W. M. Lewis (1854) Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon made under Direction of the Navy Department, Washington, DC: A.O.P.Nicholson, Public Printer
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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