Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

Made:: 1881-1925 in Brazil

maker:: Kana people

Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

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Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands, made by Kana Indians, North West Brazil, South America, 1881-1925. Decorated with painted design and applied nuts, seeds, bones, teeth and feathers (see note).

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A175421

Materials:: barkcloth, shell, teeth, nut, bone, feather, seed and thread (unspecified)

Measurements:: overall: 45 mm x 128 mm,

type:: outfit

credit:: Glendining

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Bark apron from Medicine man's outfit

Bark apron from Medicine man's outfit, consisting of consisting of bark apron and leg bands decorated with painted design and applied nuts, bones, teeth and feathers, made by Kana Indians of North West Brazil, South America, 1881-1925 (see note).

Measurements:: overall: 40 mm x 1120 mm x 440 mm, .5kg

Materials:: thread (unspecified) , barkcloth , teeth , nut , bone , feather and seed

Object Number:: A175421/1

type:: apron and object

Leg bands from Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

Leg bands from Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands, made by Kana Indians, North West Brazil, South America, 1881-1925. Decorated with painted design and applied nuts, seeds, bones, teeth and feathers (see note)