Decorative ear distender of wood with suspended metal chain

Made:
1880-1910 in Kenya
Decorative ear distender of wood with suspended metal chain

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Decorative ear distender of wood with suspended metal chain
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Decorative ear distender of wood with suspended metal chain, Masai tribe, Kenya, Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652593
Materials:
wood and steel, ? material
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)