Cloth bag with long strap cornelians

Made:
1890-1920
Cloth bag with long strap cornelians, cowries

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Cloth bag with long strap cornelians, cowries
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Cloth bag with long strap cornelians, cowries, and containing written charms in Arabic script, from North Africa, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A163955
Materials:
cloth, decorations, cowrie, decorations, cornelian, content, paper and content, tape
type:
amulet case
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)