Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws, shells,

Made:: 1890-1930 in Ghana

maker:: Ashanti people

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws, shells, lion's claws, beads and corn, attached to both ends of long fibre cord, protection against death, Ashanti, West Africa, 1891-1930

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Object Number:: A232385

Materials:: beads, glass, bird's claws, bone, cord, corn, ? material, cowrie, lion's claws, bone

type:: protective amulets folk medicine (protection), folk medicine (protection), protective amulets

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