Pair of horns on twisted fibre thread

Made:
1801-1850
Pair of horns on twisted fibre thread, probably amuletic, Dakar

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Pair of horns on twisted fibre thread, probably amuletic, Dakar
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Pair of horns on twisted fibre thread, probably amuletic, Dakar, West Africa, first half of 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A22321
Materials:
horn and fibre
type:
amulet and horn