Carved wooden amulet or gopi board in human form
- Made:
- 1880-1895
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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)
