Amuletic horn with leather covered mouth

Made:
1880-1930
Amuletic horn with leather covered mouth

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Amuletic horn with leather covered mouth
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Amuletic horn with leather covered mouth, tip pierced for hanging, believed to hold medicine, West African, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A222316
Materials:
horn and leather
type:
amulet and horn
credit:
Glendining