Brass amuletic pendant attached to ring by chain links

Made:: 1880-1920 in Africa

maker:: Ashanti people

Brass amuletic pendant attached to ring by chain links, Ashanti

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Brass amuletic pendant attached to ring by chain links, Ashanti, West Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A44477

Materials:: brass

type:: pendants

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Brass amuletic pendant attached to ring by chain links

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