Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre knotted round middle

Made:
1880-1930
Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre

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Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre
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Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bone amulet carved in shape of horned crescent with fibre knotted round middle, possibly case pendant, African, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300326
Materials:
bone and fibre
type:
amulet