Lip plug in form of wooden disc decorated with beads and shell pendant
- Made:
- 1801-1920
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Lip plug in form of wooden disc decorated with beads and shell pendant, used by Botocudo Indians, from East Brazil, 1801-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A158575
- Measurements:
-
disc: diameter 52 mm
with strings: length 116 mm
disc: width 18 mm
- type:
- lip plugs
- credit:
- Glendining
