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LicenseMonkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930
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Monkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930
A bag probably made from monkey-skin, used by healers in Africa. Clothes and accessories such as this bag are important to identify healers and show their high status in the community.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A157939
- Measurements:
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overall: 80 mm x 265 mm x 30 mm, .668 kg
- type:
- bag - container
- credit:
- Glendining
