Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae

Made:: 1880-1920

Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae
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Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae, joined together with piece of string, African, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651178

Materials:: bone, snake vertebrae

Measurements:: doubled: length 440 mm
cross-section: diameter 11 mm

type:: necklace and amulet

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Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae

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