Medicine man's cap made of woven cane with 2 curving deer horns

Medicine man's cap made of woven cane with 2 curving deer horns

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Medicine man's cap made of woven cane with 2 curving deer horns
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Medicine man's cap made of woven cane with 2 curving deer horns, from Lokoja, North Nigerian, 1880-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A175678
Materials:
horn, hessian, cane and hide
Measurements:
with horns: height 320 mm
approx: width 107 mm
type:
headdress
credit:
Glendining