Hemispherical gourd bowl containing objects including bones and iron pieces
- Made:
- 1890-1930
Hemispherical gourd bowl containing objects including bones and iron pieces, embedded in earth, possibly to protect warriors or hunters, from Togoland, West Africa, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651658
- Materials:
- gourd
- type:
- protective amulets