Brown and green leather amulet case

Made:
1880-1930
Brown and green leather amulet case

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Brown and green leather amulet case
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Brown and green leather amulet case, on two strings of twisted hide thongs, with linear tooled design, African, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A157195
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
case: height 43 mm
case: length 49 mm
case: width 24 mm
with binding: height 53 mm
type:
amulet case
credit:
Glendining

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