Horse amulet
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Horse amulet, probably a lead ball covered in leather on twisted leather thong, probably African, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A45083
- Materials:
- lead, ? material, leather and fibre
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 580 mm
amulet and coppering: height 77 mm
amulet: width 32 mm
amulet: diameter 32 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Foster