Cloth pod with frayed fringe at each end and small metal ornaments
- Made:
- 1890-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Cloth pod with frayed fringe at each end and small metal ornaments, worn to cure pneumonia, Batatala, Upper Congo, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651065
- type:
- amulet
