Amulet in the form of a face from the Bushongo tribe

Made:: Democratic Republic of Congo

Amulet, in the form of a face, by the Bushongo tribe, Zaire
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Amulet, in the form of a face, by the Bushongo tribe, Zaire

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A89690

Measurements:: length 35 mm
width 18 mm
depth 18 mm

type:: amulet

credit:: Pareyn, H.

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Amulet in the form of a face from the Bushongo tribe

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