Earring

AF4656D

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4656D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Elgeyo
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Lobe distender. Wooden. "Worn by young men. The lobe is pierced with a pointed hot iron and the hole stretched until it goes around the outside."

Outside Diameter 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1917

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