Miniature shield of steel
- Made:
- 1880-1910
Miniature shield of steel, amuletic, diamond-shaped with small looped handle at back, said to be associated with Kamputi, god of plague, Ugandan, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651136
- Materials:
- steel
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)