Amuletic necklace

Made:
1871-1920
Amuletic necklace Amuletic necklace

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Amuletic necklace
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Amuletic necklace
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic necklace, twisted fibre decorated with cowrie shells from which is suspended on animal horn with brass studs and coiled strips, Congolese, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652404
Materials:
cowries, brass and horn, animal
type:
necklace and amulet