Earring
ca. 1875 (made)
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Pair of earrings made from the heads of male red-legged honeycreepers (Cyanerpes cyaneus), a small bird in the tanager family with brilliant blue feathers, stuffed and finished with yellow glass eyes. They are represented as each catching a gilt fly, to the head of each is fastened the pin. From the neck of each bird hangs a pampille-style gilt copper alloy fringe.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Taxidermied heads of honeycreepers, gilt copper alloy, glass |
| Brief description | Pair of earrings, heads of Blue Creepers, circa 1875 |
| Physical description | Pair of earrings made from the heads of male red-legged honeycreepers (Cyanerpes cyaneus), a small bird in the tanager family with brilliant blue feathers, stuffed and finished with yellow glass eyes. They are represented as each catching a gilt fly, to the head of each is fastened the pin. From the neck of each bird hangs a pampille-style gilt copper alloy fringe. |
| Object history | Purchased from N.J. Simmonds, Esq., in 1875. |
| Production | Red-legged honeycreepers have a large range throughout Central and South America, including Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, and in the Caribbean on Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba. |
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| Accession number | AP.258-1875 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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