Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's "medicine" in form of knotted rags

Made:
1890-1930 in Zambia
Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's

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Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's
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Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's "medicine" in form of knotted rags, lengths of beads etc, Barotse, Northern Rhodesia, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658238
Materials:
copper, glass, shell, cloth and string
type:
bracelet - jewelry
credit:
Christol, F.