Detail View: Image Archives: Gold ear spools

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.7284A-B.a.jpg
catalog number: 
AC.7284A-B
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Gold ear spools
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
description: 
Ear ornaments, such as these, were worn by Calima elite in ancient Colombia to show power and social status. These pieces would most likely have been part of a set of gold objects all worn together, including large gold disks suspended from the ears. (1st-3rd century AD; 7 cm in diameter)".
date: 
Precolumbian
date type: 
date of object
date: 
April 2009
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.21 mb
source: 
120 mm film positive
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science