Medicine man's cotton outfit belonging to a member of a secret society
- Made:
- 1880-1920
Medicine man's cotton outfit belonging to a member of a secret society, combination garment surmounted by carved wooden head, neck adorned with red scarf, bells, beads etc, Southern Nigerian, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657336
- Materials:
- cloth, head, wood, beads, glass and bells, brass
- Measurements:
-
length 1890 mm
outstretched arms: width 1870 mm
head: height 170 mm
head: length 160 mm
head: width 136 mm
- type:
- medicine man equipment
- credit:
- Gunn, G.L.
