Red leather amulet case

Red leather amulet case, square

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Red leather amulet case, square
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Red leather amulet case, square, with cut-out triangular decoration, loop at top through which is threaded on twisted leather thong, West Africa, 1890-1910

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A24576
Materials:
leather and cardboard
Measurements:
with loop: length 56 mm
width 54 mm
thickness 9 mm
thong: length 400 mm
type:
amulet case
credit:
Foster