Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1890 and 1906 by Italian composer Domenico Brescia (1866-1939), who lived and worked in Ecuador and Chile between 1890 and 1911; inherited by his daughter, Emma Brescia Warren (Emma Brescia Gardner, 1902-1968); donated to MAI by Dr. Emma Brescia Warren in 1958 in memory of her father.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mapuche
- Collector
- Domenico Brescia (Domingo Brescia), Non-Indian, 1866-1939
- Previous owner
- Domenico Brescia (Domingo Brescia), Non-Indian, 1866-1939
- Dr. Emma Brescia Warren (Emma Brescia Gardner), Non-Indian, 1902-1968
- Donor
- Dr. Emma Brescia Warren (Emma Brescia Gardner), Non-Indian, 1902-1968
- Honoree
- Domenico Brescia (Domingo Brescia), Non-Indian, 1866-1939
- Date created
- 1880-1900
- Object Name
- Earrings
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered, wrought
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
