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Man with large ear plug and scarification
Man with large ear plug and scarification
Object Number 2004.29.12071
Display Title Man with large ear plug and scarification
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Masai / E. Africa / Nilotic-Hamitic / (Bari-Suk-Masai Group) / Masai. / A. Agassiz Collection / Mus. Comp. Zool. June, 1914."; printed on photograph: "L'Maasai"
Department Photographic
Date 1908
Culture
  • Maasai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms E. Africa
Materials Gelatin Printing-out paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 10.795 cm (5 × 4 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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