Pear-shaped amulet with rectangular leather amulet cases attached

Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather

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Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather
Science Museum Group
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Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Pear-shaped amulet covered in hide with rectangular leather amulet cases attached, Hausa tribe, Nigeria, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651180
Materials:
hide, leather and string
type:
amulet
credit:
Sotheby's