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Disk-shaped ivory ear plug
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Disk-shaped ivory ear plug, with central hole, decorated with incised concentric bands and dot and circle design, from East Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A20361
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- ear-distender
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)