Title
Ornament set with red stone
Year/Period
8th- 11th century
Region
Java, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: Dia: 0.8 cm
Accession No.
1997-03676
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng
This ornament is set with a red stone. It could have been used as an ear ornament. Both men and women wore ear ornaments and they had their earlobes pierced. Generally speaking, ear ornaments were more diverse than the rings in terms of design and Javanese statues belonging to this time period depict many styles of ear ornaments. Besides personal adornment, gold was also used to make religious items.
