Circular wooden ring

Made:
1850-1920 in Africa
Circular wooden ring, with indented outside edge

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Circular wooden ring, with indented outside edge
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Circular wooden ring, with indented outside edge, used as lobe extender by Maasai, East African, 1850-1920 (see note)

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665544
Materials:
wood, decoration, glass, beads and decoration, copper
Measurements:
external maximum: diameter 55 mm
internal minimum: diameter 36 mm
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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