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A man bleeding a woman in her arm by using a bow and arrow. Etching.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

Australia: an aboriginal woman with a bone through her nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

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Nose ornaments

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Images referencing Nose ornaments

Works from the collections

Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

A man bleeding a woman in her arm by using a bow and arrow. Etching.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

Nose ornaments

Images from the collections

Images referencing Nose ornaments

Works from the collections

Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

A man bleeding a woman in her arm by using a bow and arrow. Etching.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

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