Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot(?) Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot(?)

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Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot(?)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot(?)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot(?), attached to horn bowl with pouring lip, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23721
Materials:
horn, skin and fibre
Measurements:
case
approx: length 140 mm
case: width 120 mm
case
approx: height 20 mm
bowl: diameter 80 mm
bowl
approx: height 25 mm
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)