Ostrich egg bound with red and black leather strips

Made:
1890-1925
Ostrich egg bound with red and black leather strips

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Ostrich egg bound with red and black leather strips
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Ostrich egg bound with red and black leather strips, suppended from leather strap from which hangs a bead net, fringed with cowrie shells, protection against evil eye, Nigeria, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A220318
Materials:
ostrich, egg, wood, leather, glass and cowrie
Measurements:
overall: 122 mm x 470 mm
egg: 120 mm,
type:
eggs
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)