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Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man, decorated with thick clusters of brass buttons, Barotse tribe, maker, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657331
- Materials:
- skin, hyena and brass
- type:
- cloaks
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
