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One of a pair of ear plugs from the Wai Wai people of Guyana. The face of the plug is decorated with a piece of freshwater mussel shell and yellow feathers (from Toucan breast). Beeswax holds the shell, the piece of wood and the feathers together. The plug has a piece of string extending from the top of the wood made from vegetable fibre.