Red leather amulet case with small cloth wrapped tusk attached to by thong
- Made:
- 1890-1920
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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
- Measurements:
-
bag: height 90 mm
bag: width 50 mm
tusk: length 50 mm
tusk: width 23 mm
- type:
- amulet case
- credit:
- Church Missionary Society
