Wooden lip-plug

Made:
1880-1920 in Sudan

Wooden lip-plug, disc-shaped with concaved faces, one of which has zinc lining, Sara tribe, southern Sudan, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652596
Materials:
wood and zinc
type:
lip plugs
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)