Amulet in the form of a face, from Zaire

Made:: Unattributed place

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A645236

Materials:: bone

type:: amulet

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Amulet in the form of a face, from Zaire

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