Necklace, formed from 27 pieces of root threaded on knotted fibre

Made:
1850-1900 in Tembuland
Necklace

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Necklace, formed from 27 pieces of root threaded on knotted fibre, roots nibbled to alleviate a cough, from Tembuland, South Africa, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666103
Materials:
roots and fibre
type:
necklace
credit:
Kajanjana Leper Asylum