Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria

Made:
1880-1930 in Somalia
Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria

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Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria
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Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria, pods and seeds, vernacular, m'chese, Bajun tribe, Giovaj Island, Somaliland, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657367
Materials:
pods, seeds and glass
Measurements:
pod: length 37 mm
pod: width 6 mm
pod: height 6 mm
glass container: diameter 49 mm
glass container: height 13 mm
type:
amulet
credit:
Powell-Cotton

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