Four pegs of carved wood threaded together onto string

Four pegs of carved wood threaded together onto string

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Four pegs of carved wood threaded together onto string
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Four pegs of carved wood threaded together onto string, part of medicine man's equipment, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A92755
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
longest: length 110 mm
shortest: length 61 mm
string and pegs: length 172 mm
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Pareyn, H.