Medicine-man's wand

Made:
1871-1920

Medicine-man's wand, made of carved wood with handle and decorated shaft covered with red cloth bows, broken, mirror missing, from Nias Island, Sumatra, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A161090
Materials:
wood, cloth and fibre
type:
wands
credit:
Sothebys