Medicine man's amulet consisting of multiple hide strands threaded with wooden pegs

Made:
1880-1930
Medicine man's amulet consisting of multiple hide strands

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Medicine man's amulet consisting of multiple hide strands
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Medicine man's amulet consisting of multiple hide strands threaded with wooden pegs, also strap with small horn suspended, Southern African, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657906
Materials:
leather, wood and horn
type:
amulet
credit:
Sotheby's