Witch doctors amulet
- Made:
- 1880-1930 in Mozambique
- maker:
- Shona people
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Witch doctors amulet, shells, horn, skull threaded onto double strip of hide, Mashonaland, South Africa, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A160791
- Measurements:
-
approx: length 190 mm
horn: length 59 mm
longest shell: length 52 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Sothebys
