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LicenseAmulet consisting of carved wooden effigy of Eshu
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Amulet consisting of carved wooden effigy of Eshu
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amulet consisting of carved wooden effigy of Eshu, body covered in carved divination boards, clothed in frame of cowrie shells threaded on leather, Yoruba, West African, 1880-1900
An amulet in the form of Eshu, a god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The wooden figure is covered with carved divination boards and cowrie shells threaded onto leather.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A128045
- Measurements:
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overall: 140 mm x 55 mm x 46 mm, .056 kg
- type:
- amulets
- credit:
- Sotheby's
