Nose pendant, carved cylindrical piece of wood bound with copper wire and ear hole extender

Made:
1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo

Nose pendant, carved cylindrical piece of wood bound with copper wire, and Ear hole extender, carved cylindrical piece of bone, ivory, Banza(?) Congo, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A26043
Materials:
wood (unidentified), copper (metal), bone and ivory
type:
nose pendant and ear hole extender
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Nose pendant, piece of wood bound with copper wire

Nose pendant, piece of wood bound with copper wire

Nose pendant, carved cylindrical piece of wood bound with copper wire, Banza(?) Congo, West Africa, 1880-1920

Materials:
wood and copper
Object Number:
A26043/1
type:
nose pendant
Ear hole extender, carved piece of bone

Ear hole extender, carved piece of bone

Ear hole extender, carved cylindrical piece of bone, ivory, Banza(?) Congo, West Africa, 1880-1920

Materials:
complete
Object Number:
A26043/2
type:
ear-distender