Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and ring for closure

Made:
1880-1920
Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and
Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and

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Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Amuletic pouch of leather and hide with long conical neck and ring for closure, Sierra Leone, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651175
Materials:
leather and hide
Measurements:
length 263 mm
width 73 mm
depth 40 mm
type:
pouches

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