Gold covered wood amulet
- Made:
- Ghana
- maker:
- Ashanti people
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Gold covered wood amulet, used against snake bite, originally belonged to Prempeh, King of Ashanti
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642785
- Measurements:
-
length 43 mm
width 20 mm
depth 7 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Steven's
