Solid cloth covered amulet

Made:
1880-1910
Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells

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Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells
Science Museum Group
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Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells, lengths of cloth at either end, to cure fits by hanging round the patient's neck, Togoland, West Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651183
Materials:
cloth, string, cowrie and resin, ? material
type:
therapeutic amulets
credit:
Umlauff Museum