Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on beaded and twisted fibre strings
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on twisted fibre strings on which beads are threaded, used by medicine man, probably African (South), 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652441
- Materials:
- beetles, chitin, seeds, beads, glass, fibre and wood
- type:
- container
