Antelope horn (?) amulet partially wrapped in cloth
- Made:
- 1890-1920
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Antelope horn (?) amulet partially wrapped in cloth cover with cowrie shell decoration, spiralled copper wire around cloth handle with smaller horn attached, possibly Congolese, 1890-1920 (see note)
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652671
- Materials:
- horn, antelope (?), cloth, copper and cowrie
- Measurements:
-
length 255 mm
diameter 37 mm
horn, smaller: length 75 mm
horn, smaller: diameter 12 mm
- type:
- amulet
