Wooden instrument for piercing ears

Made:
1880-1920
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Wooden instrument for piercing ears
Science Museum Group
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Wooden instrument for piercing ears
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wooden instrument for piercing ears
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wooden instrument for piercing ears, with wooden spike and decoratively carved octagonal handle, South East Africa, 1880-1920 (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A194316
Materials:
wood and brass, ? material
type:
ear piercer
credit:
Glendining