T-shaped wooden amulet with forked end bound in wire

Made:
1880-1920
T-shaped wooden amulet with forked end bound in wire

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T-shaped wooden amulet with forked end bound in wire
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T-shaped wooden amulet with forked end bound in wire, leather suspension loop, Ubangi River area, Congo, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652438
Materials:
wood, copper, ? brass or copper, brass, ? brass or copper and hide
Measurements:
length 150 mm
width 68 mm
depth 25 mm
type:
amulet

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