Collection

Amuletic shell

Made:: 1900-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo

Amuletic shell, disc-shaped with circular hole in centre, Kasai, maker, Congo, 1900-1930

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A161343

Materials:: shell

type:: amulet

credit:: Sothebys

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