Horse hair fly whisk with leather bound handle containing amulets

Made:
1880-1920
Horse hair fly whisk with leather bound handle containing

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Horse hair fly whisk with leather bound handle containing amulets, from Sudan, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651088
Materials:
hair, horse, hide and wood
type:
fly whisks