Amulet of wooden sticks bound with copper wire and lizard skin

Made:
1880-1920
Amulet of wooden sticks bound with copper wire and capped with

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Amulet of wooden sticks bound with copper wire and capped with lizard skin, Nella Nella district(?), Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A33768
Materials:
wood, copper, lizard, grass and fibre
Measurements:
cylinder: length 95 mm
diameter 47 mm
overall: length 324 mm
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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