Two amuletic bags of cotton fabric tied with fibre

Made:: 1880-1920

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Two amuletic bags of cotton fabric tied with fibre, West Africa
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Two amuletic bags of cotton fabric tied with fibre, West Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A232117

Materials:: cotton and fibre

type:: amulet case

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Two amuletic bags of cotton fabric tied with fibre

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