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