Amuletic necklace consisting of six leather cases
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Amuletic necklace consisting of six leather cases
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Amuletic necklace consisting of six leather cases, one broken off and horn pendant attached to band of plaited leather straps, from Gabon, West Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651087
- Measurements:
-
average case: length 480 mm
average case: width 44 mm
horn pendant: length 90 mm
horn pendant, max: width 34 mm
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