Browse the exhibition: Body Adorned selected items
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Necklace (neck ornament (personal adornment))
Ritual figure
Comb (general & multipurpose)
Lip disc
Lip plug
Hair ornament
Back ornament
Mourning adornment
Arm covering
Shoulder guard
Arm covering
Stirrup pot
Comb (general & multipurpose)
Headdress (clothing: headwear)
Tattoo instrument
Necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))
Headdress (head ornament)
Undercoat
Tattoo instrument
Waistcoat
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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