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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
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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