Ear Plug
2003-31-27B
From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-31-27B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bagobo |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Mindanao |
| Date Made | Before 1905 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Wooden cylinder, sides ridged, plant fiber tied around center. One face covered with metal: sun burst design in double circle. Ear plug. Identified by comparison with P2697A-E. Pairs of such plugs are connected by strings of beads, which pass under the chin. Exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, St. Louis 1904. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.358B - Other Number |
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