Carved wooden sheath with leather sling for metal pick (missing) decorated with herringbone pattern

Made:
1880-1910 in South Africa
Carved wooden sheath with leather sling for metal pick

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Carved wooden sheath with leather sling for metal pick
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Carved wooden sheath with leather sling for metal pick (missing) decorated with herringbone pattern, used as a tobacco pipe cleaner(?) or for extracting thorns from the feet, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657860
Materials:
wood and leather, sling
type:
picks
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)