Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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Metal artificial nose, European, 17th-18th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] Sanctus 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hope they functioned in some fashion. This is some Warhammer stuff right here.

[–] JayleneSlide 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My guess was for tertiary phase syphilitic rich people when the nose deformities became too distracting at social events.

Edit: just saw OP's link and the description said that was indeed one of the applications. Well, nothing about social events.