Amuletic necklace or Hirinzi
- Made:
- 1831-1870
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
- Measurements:
-
overall: 16 mm x 50 mm x 284 mm,
- credit:
- Glendining