Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount

Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount

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Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount
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Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount, bones used by Mashukolumbwe tribe, Zambian, 1880-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A162865
Materials:
bone and mount, wood
Measurements:
maximum: length 93 mm
maximum: width 26 mm
mount: length 228 mm
mount: width 188 mm
type:
divination-bone
credit:
Sothebys