Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads and copper chains

Made:
1880-1910 in Africa
Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads and copper

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Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads and copper
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Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads and copper chains, Masai tribe, East Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652583
Materials:
wood, copper and beads, glass
Measurements:
overall: length 96 mm
diameter 54 mm
depth 13 mm
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley

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