Amuletic horn

Made:
1880-1910
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Amuletic horn, carved, filled with medicine'
Science Museum Group
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Amuletic horn, carved, filled with "medicine"
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic horn, carved, filled with "medicine"
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic horn, carved, filled with "medicine", loop pierced for suspension, Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A19829
Materials:
horn and hide
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)