Twisted fibre string threaded with cut shell discs

Made:
1880-1920 in Africa
Twisted fibre string threaded with cut shell discs

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Twisted fibre string threaded with cut shell discs
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Twisted fibre string threaded with cut shell discs, hung with brass ring and crescent-shaped brass pouch, Wakavirando, East Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A34198
Materials:
brass, shell and fibre
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)