Amuletic animal's tusk perforated for suspension

Made:: 1890-1930

Amuletic animal's tusk perforated for suspension and decorated
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Amuletic animal's tusk perforated for suspension and decorated with double rows of black dots at base, Congolese, 1890-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A160781

Materials:: tusk, ivory

Measurements:: length 92 mm
height 35 mm
thickness 18 mm

type:: amulet

credit:: Sothebys

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Amuletic animal's tusk perforated for suspension

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