Carved wooden amulet or gopi board in human form
- Made:
- 1880-1895
Carved wooden amulet or gopi board in human form, flat board, decorated with incised chevrons, cotton strap for suspension, hung outside houses for protection against sickness, Fly River district,
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652665
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)