Ear ornament for a man. It consists of a bamboo ear plug with a suspended hair pendant. The ear plug is made up of a small bamboo tube with red tufts of wool forming a ball over the outer end. Also at that end of the tube is a loop of twisted cotton strings that are passed through the pierced hole. Through the cotton loop is a set of over 15 strings, each with many small, dull grey coloured ball beads, and these strings are tied back together at the other end. At the end of these strings is a tube of wood or bamboo, decorated with hair and basketry. At the top of the tube is a small band of plaited red cane strips, and below this are alternating rows of black and red tufts of hair. Below the hair tufts, attached to the tube, is a plume of rough black hair.
See also 1969.259.2, a similar ear ornament, with a plaited band. They were possibly made and worn as a pair, though there are slight differences.
