Married Women’s Earrings
| Culture | Turkana |
|---|---|
| Title | Married Women’s Earrings |
| Date | 20th century |
| Medium | Aluminum |
| Dimensions | Overall (A): 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (7 x 4.1 cm) Overall1 (B): 2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (6.2 x 3.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum purchase with funds from the Raymond and Laura Wielgus fund and with generous support from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2014.119 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A pair of aluminum leaf form earrings. Each earring is decorated with curved or wavy lines; the designs are the two earrings are not the same.
Among the Turkana peoples, the clothing and jewelry a person wears denotes their social standing, gender and stage of life. A married woman would have worn these earrings.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Married Women’s Earrings | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2014.119