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Stone Labret
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Stone Labret
Stone Labret

Stone Labret

Date1890-1904
Mediumstone
DimensionsOther: 1 × 2 × 3.3 cm (3/8 × 13/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-977
Object numberHRC 00977
Descriptionmade form a single piece of dark grey polished stone in roughly elliptical shaped. labret is deeply grooved around edge and is slightly concave on upper and lower surfaces to keep it in place within the lower lip incision. the numbers '390' and '777' are marked on one surface and several fine lines are incised on opposite surface along one edge.
collected in Kuihanlus/Kwundlas?
Exhibition History.. (cardstock is faded and unable to read)
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