Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard amulet

Made:
1881-1900 in Africa
Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard with amuletic inscription Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard with amuletic inscription

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Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard with amuletic inscription
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard with amuletic inscription
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard with amuletic inscription on underbelly, hung over entrance door as protection against the "evil eye", North African, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651044
Materials:
princely mastigure (uvomostyx princeps)
Measurements:
overall: 63 mm x 410 mm x 109 mm, .205 kg
type:
lizards
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust