Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26)

Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26) Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26)

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Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26), suspended in groups of two and three from a multi-strand loop of fine black beeds, supposed to be a Moirosi war collar taken at the capture of Moirosi's Mountain, South Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A7840
Materials:
teeth, leopard and lion, beads, glass and fibre
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)