Hyoid bone of Arapaima gigas from certain Brazilian rivers used as file or rasp by Indians

Made:
1830-1920
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Hyoid bone of Arapaima gigas from certain Brazilian rivers used as file or rasp by Indians, 1830-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A134773
Materials:
bone and dentine, ? material
type:
amulet
credit:
Prosper-Marsden