Trading amulet comprising eight artificial teeth threaded on to wire

Made:: 1880-1920 in United States

maker:: Claudius Ash

Trading amulet comprising eight artificial teeth threaded on to

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Trading amulet comprising eight artificial teeth threaded on to wire, made in America for Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A683099

Materials:: plastic, ? material

type:: amulet

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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