Amuletic necklace consisting of string of disc beads interspersed by human teeth incisors and milk teeth
- maker:
- Jur people
Amuletic necklace consisting of string of disc beads interspersed by human teeth including incisors, Jur (originally recorded as Gour) people, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658320
- Materials:
- bone, disc and tooth, ? human
- Measurements:
-
necklace, doubled: length 187 mm
tooth, max: length 27 mm
disc, max: diameter 7 mm
- type:
- human remains and necklaces
- credit:
- Gayer-Anderson, R.G.
