Witch doctors amulet

Made:
1880-1930 in Mozambique
maker:
Shona people
Witch doctors amulet, shells, horn

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Witch doctors amulet, shells, horn
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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
Materials:
hide, shell, bone and horn
type:
amulet
credit:
Sothebys