Four twigs wired together with oyster shell suspended

Made:
1900-1925
Four twigs wired together with oyster shell suspended

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Four twigs wired together with oyster shell suspended
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Four twigs wired together with oyster shell suspended, medicine man's equipment, Zambesi, Barotseland, Zambezi, South Africa, 1900-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657872
Materials:
wood, twigs, metal (wire) and oyster, shell
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Christol, F.