Amulet, comprising five trapezium shaped bone tablets thread on blue string
- Made:
- 1880-1925
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Amulet, comprising five trapezium shaped bone tablets thread on blue string, called " matabiche" from Likwenu, Lake Malawi, African, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665265
- Measurements:
-
overall: 240 mm .02 kg
tablet: 3 mm x 28 mm x 26 mm,
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
