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Hemispherical gourd bowl partly filled with earth in which are embedded an animal skull, lead spoon, sticks and cowrie shells, to protect domestic animals against sickness, Togoland, W. Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651657
- Materials:
- gourd, content, wood, content, cowrie, content, lead, content, bone, animal skull and content, earth
- Measurements:
-
max: diameter 237 mm
max: height 100 mm
including content: height 150 mm
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Umlauff Collection
