Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains

Made:
1880-1920 in Kenya
Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains

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Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains
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Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains, witch doctor's amulet, Masai tribe, Kenya, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A160758
Materials:
ivory, boar's tusk and iron
type:
pendants
credit:
Sothebys