Medicine man's shin bag

Medicine man's shin bag, soft pouch-like container containing cloth rags, bones, twigs, herbs, small spear, iron fragments etc with long leather strap, Sudanese, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651654
Materials:
skin, animal material, content, cloth, content, bone, content, wood, content, iron, content, shell and content, herbs
Measurements:
bag approx: length 600 mm
bag approx: width 250 mm
type:
bags