Amuletic bracelet of 5 claw-like iron horns suspended from twisted fibre string

Made:
1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Amuletic bracelet of 5 claw-like iron horns suspended from

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Amuletic bracelet of 5 claw-like iron horns suspended from twisted fibre string, Kivuli tribe, Congo, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652470
Materials:
iron and fibre
type:
bracelet - jewelry