Medicine man's amulet made of antelope horn with globular resinous
- Made:
- 1890-1920
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Medicine man's amulet made of antelope horn with globular
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medicine man's amulet made of antelope horn with globular resinous, concretion of medicine (?), Congolese, 1890-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651060
- Materials:
- antelope, horn, resin and cord
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
concretion: length 37 mm
concretion: width 26 mm
- type:
- amulet
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