Collection

Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood

Made:: 1890-1930

Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood, bone, metal, lizard skin, lizard foot, etc., Abyssinian, 1890-1930

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A241259

Materials:: bone, wood, leather, metal, skin, lizard's foot, seeds, bark, horn and cotton

type:: necklace and amulet

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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