Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi

Made:
1831-1870
Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi

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Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi, small red pouch containing passage from the Koran and suspended from string, East Africa, mid 19th century (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A194312
Materials:
cloth, string and paper
Measurements:
overall: 16 mm x 50 mm x 284 mm,
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Glendining