Amuletic animal tusk

Made:: 1890-1930

Amuletic animal tusk, crescentic
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Amuletic animal tusk, crescentic, with two large perforations for suspension, Congolese, Africa, 1890-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A160773

Materials:: tusk, ivory

Measurements:: length 141 mm
width 53 mm
thickness 13 mm

type:: amulet

credit:: Sothebys

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