Dried sheep's foot

Made:
1880-1926 in Kenya
maker:
Akikuya people
Dried sheep's foot

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Dried sheep's foot
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Dried sheep's foot, bone of lower part of leg with skin covering, used in purificatory rites, Akikuya, Kenya, 1880-1926

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657244
Materials:
bone, sheep and skin, sheep
type:
amulet
credit:
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett