Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains

Made:: 1880-1920 in Kenya

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Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains
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Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains, witch doctor's amulet, Masai tribe, Kenya, Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A160758

Materials:: ivory, boar's tusk and iron

type:: pendants

credit:: Sothebys

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Pendant of boar's tusk suspended from two iron chains

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