Medicine man's amuletic necklace

Made:
1890-1930
Medicine man's amuletic necklace

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Medicine man's amuletic necklace
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Medicine man's amuletic necklace, large copper chains with lizard skin "case" containing animal hair, Congolese, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A160563
Materials:
copper, iron and lizard, skin
type:
necklaces
credit:
Sothebys