Whelk-type shell worn to ensure easy delivery of a healthy child used to all kinds of food
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Whelk-type shell worn to ensure easy delivery of a healthy child used to all kinds of food, Mgombe(?), Lutcke(?), Congo, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652464
- Materials:
- shell
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Weeks, J.H.
