Medicine man's ring made of lanceolate nut on iron ring

Made:: 1880-1920

Medicine man's ring made of lanceolate nut on iron ring, Congo
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Medicine man's ring made of lanceolate nut on iron ring, Congo, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652473

Materials:: iron and nut

Measurements:: height 21 mm
length of nut: width 22 mm

type:: ring

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Medicine man's ring made of lanceolate nut on iron ring

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