Ivory amulet
- Made:
- Africa and Unattributed
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Ivory amulet, carved with a human head at either end and pieced by an anelope's horn, African
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A41436
- Materials:
- ivory and antelope horn
- Measurements:
-
length 151 mm
width 80 mm
diameter 25 mm
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
