Medicine man's amulets

Made:
1900-1930 in Sudan
Medicine man's amulets

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Medicine man's amulets
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Medicine man's amulets, comprising three animal horns strung together on a girdle of hide strip and bootlace, Azande, southern Sudan, Africa, 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A232658
Materials:
horn, leather, cord, brass, copper and skin, lizard
Measurements:
horn, largest: height 195 mm
horn, smallest: height 83 mm
horn, largest: diameter 43 mm
girdle, doubled: length 320 mm
type:
amulet
credit:
Glendining

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