Nose plug consisting of cylindrical piece of cane with pearl shell discs at either end
- Made:
- 1870-1920
Nose plug consisting of cylindrical piece of cane with pearl shell discs at either end, now in pieces, worn through septum, from Torres Island, Melanesian, 1870-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A168327
- type:
- nose plugs
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)