Two heavy round weights used for distending ear-lobes.

Collection type: Object
Description: Two heavy round weights used for distending ear-lobes.
Long description: Description taken from Conservation Card by Heather Richardson 14/09/2001 - Two heavy round weights used for distending earlobes. Two circular copper alloy weights with a small slit opening through to a central hole. use for distending earlobes. (Heather Richardson 14/09/2009) [LKG 03/04/2009]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sarawak Baram River
Cultural groups: Kayan
Person: Field collector Charles Hose; PRM source Edward Gerrard and Sons
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1906
Date collected: Before 1906
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1906
Materials and processes: Material Metal
Dimensions: Diameter 57 mm each, Weight 750 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1906.66.4.1 Accession number: 1906.66.4.2

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