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Object Number
30-32-50/B4553
Display Title
Brass ear plugs
Descriptions
Object Description
Ear plugs.
The object is a pair of cone-shaped, wooden ear plugs, with a circular base. The cone is covered with copper alloy and encircled with four rolls of braided copper alloy at the base.
Identifying numbers:
A Peabody catalogue number in black ink has been applied on the wooden base of the plugs.
Inventory Description
Ear plugs, brass cones, copper wire filigree at rim, on wood discs
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Dodoma
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Wood, Brass, Copper, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 3.4 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
B-4553
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge
(1929 - 1930)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-32-50/B4553.1 | Brass ear plugs |
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