Medicine man's amuletic bag

Medicine man's amuletic bag made of blue cloth bound with

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Medicine man's amuletic bag made of blue cloth bound with string and containing wooden cylinder and other "medicine", African, 1880-1915

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A92774
Materials:
cloth, cord, content, wood, content, fibre and content, grass, ? material
Measurements:
height 112 mm
body: diameter 48 mm
type:
amulet case