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LicenseAmuletic necklace, west Africa, 1880-1920
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Amuletic necklace, Northern Nigeria, 1880-1930. Plan view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic necklace, Northern Nigeria, 1880-1930
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic necklace, Northern Nigeria, 1880-1930. Plan view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic necklace, west Africa, 1880-1920
An amuletic necklace from West Africa with small leather charm cases incised with decoration and strung on a leather thong. Charm cases often contain folded talismans - a piece of writing or drawing with meaning for the individual patient. The talismans are unique and are produced in response to the particular situation believed to be causing ill health.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658410
- Materials:
- leather and copper, bell
- Measurements:
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overall: 20 mm x 293 mm x 156 mm,
- type:
- necklace
- credit:
- Glendining
