Solid cloth covered amulet
- Made:
- 1880-1910
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LicenseSolid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Solid cloth covered amulet, ovoid, decorated with cowrie shells, lengths of cloth at either end, to cure fits by hanging round the patient's neck, Togoland, West Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651183
- Materials:
- cloth, string, cowrie and resin, ? material
- Measurements:
-
amulet: length 83 mm
overall: length 890 mm
amulet: diameter 57 mm
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Umlauff Museum
