Two wooden ear plugs(?), large pin-type samples

Made:
1800-1900 in Peru
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Two wooden ear plugs(?), large pin-type samples with purple feathers stuck to ends, Peruvian, 1800-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A11573
Materials:
wood and feathers
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Sothebys