Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on beaded and twisted fibre strings

Made:
1880-1920
Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on twisted

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Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on twisted
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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
Measurements:
maximum: diameter 125 mm
fattest chitin: depth 17 mm
type:
container

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