Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin with plaited leather buttons

Made:: 1880-1920 in Sudan

Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin with plaited

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Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin with plaited
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Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin with plaited leather buttons, Sudan, North East Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A46128

Materials:: leather and skin, crocodile

Measurements:: overall: length 260 mm
amulet plus button loops: width 115 mm
button loops: diameter 24 mm

type:: necklace and amulet

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin with plaited leather buttons

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