Amuletic belt or possibly necklace made from snake vertebrae

Made:
1880-1920
Amuletic belt or possibly necklace made from string of snake

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Amuletic belt or possibly necklace made from string of snake
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Amuletic belt or possibly necklace made from string of snake vertaebrae, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651054
Materials:
vertebrae, snake and fibre
type:
belt