Necklace of two beads and roots with small figurine attached

Necklace of two beads and roots with small figurine supposedly

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Necklace of two beads and roots with small figurine supposedly
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Necklace of two beads and roots with small figurine supposedly attached although no visible means of suspension, Congo, West Africa 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652451
Materials:
bone, glass and root
Measurements:
approximately, necklace doubled: length 202 mm
figurine: height 69 mm
figure, maximum: width 32 mm
approximately, figure: thickness 5 mm
type:
necklace