Wooden ear lobe distender

Made:
1880-1915 in Uganda
maker:
Kavirondo people
Wooden ear lobe distender, solid block

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Wooden ear lobe distender, solid block
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Wooden ear lobe distender, solid block, roughly oval in section, one end slanted Kavirondo tribe, northern Uganda, 1880-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655781
Materials:
wood
type:
ear-distender
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley