Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man

Made:
1880-1910 in Zambia
Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man

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Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man
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Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man, decorated with thick clusters of brass buttons, Barotse tribe, maker, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657331
Materials:
skin, hyena and brass
type:
cloaks
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)