Married Woman’s Lower Lip Plug

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Married Woman’s Lower Lip Plug

A lip plug of eleven strands of twisted brass and copper wire with pounded aluminum interior terminus, and large red glass bead on outside.

Culture Turkana

Title Married Woman’s Lower Lip Plug

Date 20th century

Medium Brass, copper, aluminum, and and glass beads

Dimensions Object: 2 1/2 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 2.2 cm)
Overall: 2 1/2 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 2.2 cm)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the Raymond and Laura Wielgus fund and with generous support from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2014.136

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