Two beaded leather amulet cases attached to leather strip

Made:: 1880-1920

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Two beaded leather amulet cases attached to leather strip, one fringed with chain, other edged with metal strips, East Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A301599

Materials:: cases, leather, decoration, copper and decoration, glass

type:: amulet case

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Two beaded leather amulet cases attached to leather strip

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