Amulet, possibly a turtle shell
- Made:
- 1880-1910
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseAmulet, possibly a turtle shell
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amulet, possibly a turtle shell, covered with leather and filled with a resinous concretion, set with horn tip and cowrie shells, probably Congolese, Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A20370
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
