Leather belt of amulet cases of varying size

Leather belt of amulet cases of varying size

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Leather belt of amulet cases of varying size
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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

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A39597
Materials:
leather
type:
belt
credit:
George, H.K.