Leather amulet with decorative panel of woven leather and grass

Made:
1880-1920
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Amulet of leather with decorative panel of woven leather and
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Amulet of leather with decorative panel of woven leather and
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Amulet of leather with decorative panel of woven leather and grass suspended from leather cora, probably worn round the neck, village of Bo, probably Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A160674
Materials:
leather and grass
type:
amulet
credit:
Sothebys