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Circular horn plug with hole in middle, used by Swahili to distend ear lobe, East African, 1850-1905
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651170
- Materials:
- horn
- type:
- ear-distender
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
