Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling

Made:
1870-1920
Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling mounted on a

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Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling mounted on a
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Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling mounted on a rectangular display board containing two carved wooden birds, Cameroon, African, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657376
Materials:
string, wood, brass, bird skull, bone, beaks and skin
Measurements:
overall: 329 mm x 224 mm x 67 mm, .568 kg
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Gunn, G.L.