Cylindrical ear distender of iron wire

Made:
1880-1920 in Tanzania
Cylindrical ear distender of iron wire, twisted in a spiral

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Cylindrical ear distender of iron wire, twisted in a spiral
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Cylindrical ear distender of iron wire, twisted in a spiral, Kaguru Tanganyika, East Africa, 1880-1920 (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A194225
Materials:
iron
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Glendining