Amuletic necklace of seven dried nuts and bean pods covered in fine brass wire mesh
- Made:
- 1880-1910
Amuletic necklace of seven dried nuts and bean pods covered in fine brass wire mesh ( individually) and threaded on twisted cord, for urine-genital troubles, Malaya, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A100141
- Materials:
- bean, nut, cord and brass, wire
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Evans, J.H.