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Tortoiseshell with fringe of twisted leather thongs hanging from rim at back of carapace
- Made:
- 1880-1910
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Tortoiseshell with fringe of twisted leather thongs hanging from rim at back of carapace, amuletic, Central African, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A30803
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)