Twisted leather cord with steel bell

Made:
1871-1910 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Twisted leather cord with steel bell

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Twisted leather cord with steel bell
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Twisted leather cord with steel bell, animal horn and three sharpened steel blades attached, Yoruba medicine man's equipment, so, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1871-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658367
Materials:
steel, copper, brass, horn and cord
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)