Two conical and square amulet threaded into twisted leather thong
- maker:
- Hausa people
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Two conical and square amulet threaded into twisted leather thong, Nigeria, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A123110
- Materials:
- leather
- Measurements:
-
square amulet: length 46 mm
square amulet: width 44 mm
conical amulet: height 19 mm
thong doubled: length 790 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Glendining
