Red leather amulet case with small cloth wrapped tusk attached to by thong

Made:
1890-1920
Red leather amulet case with small cloth wrapped tusk attached

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Red leather amulet case with small cloth wrapped tusk attached
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Red leather amulet case with small cloth wrapped tusk attached to by thong, from West Africa, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301736
Materials:
leather, ivory, tusk and cloth
type:
amulet case
credit:
Church Missionary Society