Ear Plug
P38B
From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River | Mapai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P38B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tanjong |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River | Mapai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Woman's ear plug. Wood cylinder with pattern of six-petalled daisy like flower with large round center at one end. Like P38A, but toothed metal ring missing from edge. Traces of red (sealing wax?) between petals. One of a pair. Subang lumbit. |
| Length | 3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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