Witch doctor's robe

Made:
1870-1935

Witch doctor's robe, blue cloth with thin white stripes, lines of objects sewn on to it, Nigerian, 1870-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657342
Materials:
cloth, pinstripe
Measurements:
length 2300 mm
width 1480 mm
thickness 50 mm
type:
medicine man equipment

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