Amuletic bundle consisting of twelve tubular canes

Made:
1870-1910
Amuletic bundle consisting of twelve tubular canes

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Amuletic bundle consisting of twelve tubular canes
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Amuletic bundle consisting of twelve tubular canes, one horn tip, one seed case and five cloth bundles wrapped in string nets, African, 1870-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A51743
Materials:
cane, horn, seed, cloth and string
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)