Cowrie shell amulet
- Made:
- 1880-1930
Amulet, possibly necklace now broken, consisting of cowrie shells and glass beads, threaded on plaited leather thong, African, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A157283
- Materials:
- leather, cowrie and glass, bead
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Glendining
