Loosely woven fibre coconut(?) medicine man's costume
- Made:
- 1880-1910
Loosely woven fibre coconut(?) medicine man's costume, combination garment black, red and natural bands, black hood, grass fringed arms and legs, West African(?), 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657334
- Materials:
- coconut, ? material
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 1460 mm
body: width 280 mm
outstretched arms: width 1200 mm
legs: length 570 mm
thickness 10 mm
- type:
- medicine man's outfits
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
