Amuletic horn attached to broad cloth straps

Made:
1880-1925
Amuletic horn attached to broad cloth straps

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Amuletic horn attached to broad cloth straps
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Amuletic horn attached to broad cloth straps, thick resinous band around mouth studded with red blue and white beads, African, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A177275
Materials:
horn, cloth, resin and glass, beads
type:
amulet