Set of four wooden divination plaques with carved geometric patterns

Made:
1880-1930
Set of four wooden divination plaques with carved geometric

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Set of four wooden divination plaques with carved geometric
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Set of four wooden divination plaques with carved geometric patterns,runic style patterns, from Central (?) Africa, 1880-1930. Origially mounted on cardboard display but three have now become detached.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A128204
Materials:
wood
type:
divination-tablet
credit:
Sotheby's