Amulet of 2 tortoise-shells suspended from fibre mesh
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Amulet of 2 tortoise-shells suspended from fibre mesh, shells contain pellets and may also have been used as rattle, possibly Congolese, Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652443
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell and fibre
- type:
- amulet
