Earring

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"699. Ear ornaments - "Subang" Two similarly formed earrings, button-like and with a screw, but small and holding only a single small, bad (poor) quality diamond. There are also earrings of this kind which consist of a single large diamond and which are extremely valuable. They are the pride of every Javanese woman. All the women of the Indian Archipelago wear this kind of ear jewellery."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 164). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller