Earthenware bowl
- Made:
- 1880-1920
Earthenware bowl, partly filled with earth in which are embedded an animal's skull, gourd container, sticks, and shells to protect animals against sickness, Togoland, West Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652605
- Materials:
- earthenware, contents, bone, animal skull, gourd, cowrie, wood and earth
- Measurements:
-
diameter 240 mm
height 80 mm
with contents: height 110 mm
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Umlauff Collection
