Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads and cowrie shell

Made:
1880-1920
Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads

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Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads
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Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads
Science Museum Group Collection
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Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads and cowrie shell. West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301663
Materials:
hide, wood, shell and glass
Measurements:
overall: 44 mm x 193 mm x 198 mm, .145 kg
type:
circlet and medicine man costume
credit:
Christian Missionary Society