Bulbous wooden ear plug

Made:
1901-1950 in Uganda
Bulbous wooden ear plug, filled with cow's fat

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Bulbous wooden ear plug, filled with cow's fat
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Bulbous wooden ear plug, filled with cow's fat, probably Gishu tribe, Mount Elgon, Uganda, Africa, 1901-1950

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A240172
Materials:
wood and fat, cow's
type:
ear-distender