Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes

Made:: 1880-1920

Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes
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Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes, cord with small bundles at both ends and two wooden containers and lid top, Gold Coast, West Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651097

Materials:: bamboo, cord, wood, bone and grass

Measurements:: canes: height 250 mm
cord: length 1500 mm
container: height 60 mm
container: diameter 40 mm

type:: amulet

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Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes

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