Medicine man's rattle consisting of several iron pod-shaped rattles threaded onto a hide thong

Made:
1880-1920
Medicine man's rattle consisting of several iron pod-shaped

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Medicine man's rattle consisting of several iron pod-shaped rattles threaded onto a hide thong, Central Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651082
Materials:
iron
type:
rattle