Leather belt of amulet cases of varying size
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Leather belt of amulet cases of varying size, and decorated with [.....] designs of varying pattern showing Islamic influence, said to come from Mahdist soldier from Lake Chad, West Africa, about 1899
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A39597
- Materials:
- leather
- Measurements:
-
largest case: length 64 mm
largest case: width 50 mm
smallest case: length 35 mm
smallest case: width 28 mm
- type:
- belt
- credit:
- George, H.K.
