Plaited leather button

Made:
1880-1925 in Nigeria
maker:
Hausa people

Plaited leather button, globular, containing some form of amulet, tassels of hide strips cascading from both ends, Hausa tribe, Northern Nigeria, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658382
Materials:
leather
type:
amulet
credit:
Sotheby's