L-shaped resenious concretion with single white cowrie shell embedded in base

L-shaped resenious concretion with single white cowrie shell

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L-shaped resenious concretion with single white cowrie shell
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L-shaped resenious concretion with single white cowrie shell embedded in base, hollow in long arm, filled with straw bound with grass rope, Equatorial Africa, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657370
Materials:
resinous concretion, cowrie, straw and rope, grass
type:
amulet
credit:
Glendining