Elliptical wooden lip plug

Made:
1895-1920 in Canada
Elliptical wooden lip plug, decorated with shell inlay

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Elliptical wooden lip plug, decorated with shell inlay
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Elliptical wooden lip plug, decorated with shell inlay, worn by women of Haida tribe, Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A232887
Materials:
wood and shell
type:
lip plugs
credit:
Glendining