Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes

Made:
1880-1920
Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes

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Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes
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Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes, cord with small bundles at both ends and two wooden containers and lid top, Gold Coast, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651097
Materials:
bamboo, cord, wood, bone and grass
type:
amulet