Cotton medicine man's bag containing pebbles

Made:
1880-1920

Cotton medicine man's bag containing pebbles, seeds and bare pins, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A167189
Materials:
cloth, stone, bone and seed
Measurements:
bag: length 150 mm
bag: width 150 mm
bone, largest: length 65 mm
smallest bone: length 53 mm
type:
bag - container
credit:
Sothebys

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