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Pair of carved horn earplugs
- Made:
- 1801-1930 in South America
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Pair of carved horn earplugs, black with polychrome ring design, South American, 1801-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A670023
- Materials:
- horn
- type:
- ear-distender
- credit:
- Glendining