Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles

Made:
1880-1910 in West Africa and Africa
Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles

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Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles
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Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles, 2 horns, cylindrical wooden beads, small beak of a bird and pieces of rock, threaded onto a twisted cord thong, West African, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A172506
Materials:
cord, glass, horn, wood, bone, tooth and rock
type:
necklaces
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)