Ear pick

Museum number:
5-8443
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008443
Alternate number:
248 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Ear pick; aluminum; spoon shaped stem; hole in handle; length: 6.3 cm. These items and others were formally all of silver; now copied in cheaper alloys.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Shashemene
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ear pick, accession number 5-8443, described as Ear pick; aluminum; spoon shaped stem; hole in handle; length: 6.3 cm. These items and others were formally all of silver; now copied in cheaper alloys.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear pick, accession number 5-8443, described as Ear pick; aluminum; spoon shaped stem; hole in handle; length: 6.3 cm. These items and others were formally all of silver; now copied in cheaper alloys.

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