Medicine man's snakeskin and iron implement
- Made:
- 1871-1930
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Medicine man's snakeskin and iron implement, thick necklace with two amulets attached, taken from a "witch doctor" when on trial for West African (?) 1871-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A160607
- type:
- medicine man equipment
- credit:
- Sothebys
