Wickerwork shield bound with cloth for securing round arm to protect wound or infected area

Made:
1880-1925
SMG00166955

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Wickerwork shield bound with cloth for securing round arm to protect wound or infected area, from Sarawak, Borneo, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656059
Materials:
cane and cloth
Measurements:
max: diameter 80 mm
depth 31 mm
bands, approx: length 216 mm
type:
shield
credit:
Hose, C.

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