Hollow ridged horn spiralling to tip which is perforated for suspension

Made:
1880-1920
Hollow ridged horn spiralling to tip which is perforated for

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Hollow ridged horn spiralling to tip which is perforated for suspension, probably part of medicine mans equipment, West African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301742
type:
amulet and horn
credit:
Church Missionary Society