EditorialPair of Ear Plugs with Face of Figure in Interior. Teotihuacan; Teotihuacan, Mexico. Date: 300 AD-750 AD. Dimensions: . Ceramic with shell. Origin: Mexico.
EditorialPortrait of The Great Teacher Marpa, 17th century, Tibet, Bronze inlaid with copper and silver; gold plugs, H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, This portrait is inscribed with the name of Marpa (1012?1097), one of the seminal figures of early Tibetan Bu...
EditorialPortraits of Botocudo people of Brazil with their distinctive wooden lip and ear plugs, including the brave chief Jeparack and a decorated shrunken head. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Mod...
EditorialBotocudo natives of the Amazon, busts and profiles showing plugs in earlobes and lower lip. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
EditorialTools of the extinct Coroados people including lip plugs, hammock, bow, arrow, axe head, and feather ornament. The Coroados lived along the Paraiba river, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes An...
EditorialLengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto. Male hunters with bow, arrows and quiver, women roasting meat on a fire, another man sleeping in a hut made of wood and cowhide. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M...
EditorialBotocudo chief and family with their distinctive lip and ear plugs, Amazon, Brazil. Naked man with bow and arrows, woman carrying children and bag. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of...
EditorialMan and woman of the Aymore or Botocudo people, Brazil. The man with the distinctive plugs (botocudo) in his ears may be Manuel, who was exhibited in Paris in 1844. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Verner from Charles d'Orbign...
EditorialLabret (lip-plug) from Coxcatlan near Puebla, Mexico. Such plugs were part of male ornaments, and marked social status. The were worn through the pierced lower lip. Late post-classical period, 15th or early 16th. Gold and rock-crystal. Length 6.2 cm. I...