Amuletic necklace of blue glass beads interspersed with fang-shaped pendants in metal

Made:
1880-1930
Amuletic necklace of blue glass beads interspersed with

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Amuletic necklace of blue glass beads interspersed with fang-shaped pendants in metal, and real fangs, from Liberia, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A116482
Materials:
brass, iron and ivory, teeth
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Foster