Young child's anklet

Made:
1880-1920
Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells
Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells

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Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Young child's anklet, leather thong with four iron pellet bells, possibly to encourage toddlers to walk and to protect them from evil, Gandan, Uganda, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301617
Materials:
leather and iron
Measurements:
thong: length 295 mm
bells: length 45 mm
bells: height 25 mm
bells: width 13 mm
type:
anklet
credit:
Christian Missionary Society

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