Lip plug (Pokot: apunoy)

Lip plugs are worn by both men and women after their initiation. They are cold forged on stone then hammered or they’re cut from old cooking pots, melted down and hammered into shape.

Acquired by Sheila Unwin 17 October 1972

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
10/2010/35/2
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Personal ornament
Material
aluminium
Common Name
lip plug (Pokot: apunoy)
Simple Name
lip plug
Production Country
Kenya
Production Year High
1973

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lip plug (Pokot: apunoy)