Curved shell nose pin

Made:
1851-1925 in Papua New Guinea
Curved shell nose pin, one end band with fibre thread

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Curved shell nose pin, one end band with fibre thread
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Curved shell nose pin, one end band with fibre thread, other end chipped, from South East New Guinea, 1851-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A155659
Materials:
shell and fibre, thread
type:
nose pins
credit:
Glendining