Sets of instruments and charms, Inuit, c. 1801-1900

Sets of instruments and charms, Inuit, c. 1801-1900

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Set of 5 instruments and a charm, attached to a leather thong, Inuit peoples (originally recorded as 'Eskimo'), 1801-1900

Set of 5 instruments and a charm, made of bone, ivory and stone and attached to a leather thong. Made by the Inuit (Eskimo) people of Banks Island, Canada, c. 1801-1900

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A34734
Materials:
leather, bone, ivory and stone
Measurements:
length 190 mm
width 50 mm
type:
instrument and charm