Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn into centre

Made:: 1890-1910 in Uganda

Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn into centre
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Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn into centre, from Uganda, 1890-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A52506

Materials:: bark cloth, fibre and cowries

Measurements:: approx: length 1142 mm
approx: width 55 mm

type:: belt

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn into centre

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