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An ear-cleaner, attending to a man's ear. Gouache painting.
Wellcome Collection

An ear-cleaner, attending to a man's ear. Gouache painting.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Kan̄-mad-wālā, a person whose employment it is to pick clean the ears (806) Lettering in English and Arabic below the image.

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