Medicine man's circlet made of hide thong sewn with cowrie shells
- Made:
- 1890-1930
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Medicine man's circlet made of hide thong sewn with cowrie
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medicine man's circlet made of hide thong sewn with cowrie shells, from Ankole, Uganda, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A301574
- Materials:
- hide and shell, cowrie
- Measurements:
-
approx: diameter 504 mm
max: width 12 mm
- type:
- circlet and medicine man costume
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