Boar's tusk amulet

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Boar's tusk amulet, fish hook(?), with phallic-shaped quartz-crystal attached, from Sarawak, Borneo, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656069
Materials:
tusk, cloth, cane, fibre, quartz, crystal and feather
type:
amulet
credit:
Seligman, C.G.