Ear plugs bound with hair ornament

Made:: 1801-1900 in China

maker:: Unknown

Two cylindrical silver ear plugs, bound with maroon silk
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two cylindrical silver ear plugs, bound with maroon silk, and one silver hair ornament, an elongated pyramid engraved on all sides, North West China, 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A19133

Materials:: silver and silk

Measurements:: hair ornament: 120 mm x 17 mm x 16 mm,
ear plug: 92 mm 16 mm,

type:: ear-distender

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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