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