Amulet in form of string of vertebrae

Made:
1880-1930 in Zambia
Amulet in form of string of vertebrae, damaged, in five parts

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Amulet in form of string of vertebrae, damaged, in five parts
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Amulet in form of string of vertebrae, damaged, in five parts, Barotse, maker, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658242
Materials:
bone, vertebrae, animal
type:
amulet
credit:
Christol, F.