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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
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A232385
- Materials:
- cord, cowrie, beads, glass, lion's claws, bone, bird's claws, bone and corn, ? material
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
