Pendant nose disc made of tortoiseshell
- Made:
- 1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea
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Pendant nose disc made of tortoiseshell, with engraved tortoise, from South East New Guinea, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A155656
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell and wood
- Measurements:
-
with ring: length 88 mm
max. base: width 73 mm
- type:
- nose pendants
- credit:
- Glendining
