Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string

Made:: 1880-1930 in Sudan

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Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string, medicine man's, Sudanese, 1880-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657372

Materials:: horn and string

type:: medicine man's outfits

credit:: Glendining

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Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string

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