Amulet of twisted hide

Made:: 1880-1920 in Kenya

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Amulet of twisted hide
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Amulet of twisted hide, possibly containing a tooth and suspended from steel chain, Kikuyu tribe, Kenya, Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A123113

Materials:: steel, hide and tooth, ? material

type:: amulet

credit:: Glendining

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Amulet of twisted hide

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