Bones, horn, birds claw threaded onto leather thong

Made:
1880-1930
Bones, horn, birds claw threaded onto leather thong

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Bones, horn, birds claw threaded onto leather thong
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Bones, horn, birds claw threaded onto leather thong, medicine man's necklace, Congo, West Africa, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A221680
Materials:
leather, horn and bone
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)