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Object Number 2004.24.34407
Display Title Ear plugs
Descriptions
Object Description Ear plugs (S13127)
Subject
  • Earplug
Department Photographic
Date January 1999
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Kinga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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