Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching

Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching

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Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two leather amulets with decorative leather and grass stitching, suspended on leather thong and containing passages from Koran, West Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A45643
Materials:
leather and grass
Measurements:
thong doubled: length 197 mm
amulets identical: width 41 mm
height 46 mm
depth 18 mm
type:
amulet