Zulu witch doctor's devil horns and charm box
- Made:
- 1880-1910 in South Africa
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Zulu witch doctor's devil horns and charm box with skin belt for attaching to the deer horns secured to elliptoid horn, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A8796
- Materials:
- horn, skin, animal and brass
- Measurements:
-
length 692 mm
charm box: length 85 mm
charm box: diameter 32 mm
between horns at top: length 130 mm
- type:
- medicine man's equipment
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
