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Description: | One of a pair of ear plugs from the Wai Wai people of Guyana. The face of the plug is decorated with a piece of freshwater mussel shell and yellow feathers (from Toucan breast). Beeswax holds the shell, the piece of wood and the feathers together. The plug has a piece of string extending from the top of the wood made from vegetable fibre. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | beeswax toucan feather ear plugs wood mussel shell vegetable fibre Wai Wai | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-74369 |
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