Medicine-man's wand
- Made:
- 1871-1920
Medicine-man's wand, made of carved wood with handle and decorated shaft covered with red cloth bows, broken, mirror missing, from Nias Island, Sumatra, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A161090
- Measurements:
-
height 272 mm
max.: width 185 mm
handle: length 101 mm
handle: width 24 mm
handle: thickness 23 mm
- type:
- wands
- credit:
- Sothebys
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