Medicine man's amulets of antelope horn on iron chain

Made:: 1880-1920 in Tanzania

Medicine man's amulets of antelope horn on iron chain
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Medicine man's amulets of antelope horn on iron chain, probably shambala tribe, Tanganyika, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651075

Materials:: antelope and iron

Measurements:: overall: length 470 mm
largest horn: depth 25 mm
longest horn: length 45 mm

type:: necklace and amulet

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Medicine man's amulets of antelope horn on iron chain

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