Small segments of iris root threadbare on llama wool

Made:
1871-1882
SMG00167669

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Small segments of iris root threadbare on llama wool, worn by Bolivian Indian against ill luck, poisons etc., imported from Florence, Italian(?), 1871-1882

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666089
Materials:
wood and wool (llama)
type:
necklace