Part of medicine man's equipment - monkey's paw partly covered with a reddish concretion of medicine

Made:
1880-1920
Part of medicine man's equipment - a monkey's paw partly

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Part of medicine man's equipment - a monkey's paw partly covered with a reddish concretion of medicine, Congo 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652466
Materials:
monkeypaw and resin
Measurements:
overall: 44 mm x 27 mm x 32 mm, .012 kg
type:
amulet