Amulet made from strands of cowrie shell threaded on leather with pendant beans

Made:
1851-1900
Amulet made from strands of cowrie shell threaded on leather

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Amulet made from strands of cowrie shell threaded on leather
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Amulet made from strands of cowrie shell threaded on leather with pendant beans, associated probably with Eshu or Elegbara, West African, 2nd half of 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A151494
Materials:
cowrie, leather and beans
type:
amulet
credit:
Glendining