Three trade amulets

Made:
1880-1920
Three trade amulets

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Three trade amulets
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Three trade amulets, one perforated horn tip and 2 pod-shaped pieces of iron threaded onto twisted fibre thong, Congo, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A92756
Materials:
iron, horn and fibre
type:
amulet
credit:
Pareyn, H.