U-shaped nose pin

Made:
1870-1920 in Papua New Guinea
U-shaped nose pin, made of carved shell or stone

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U-shaped nose pin, made of carved shell or stone
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U-shaped nose pin, made of carved shell or stone, white with orange band, from Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A99372
Materials:
shell, ? material and stone, ? material
type:
nose pins
credit:
Armstrong, W E