Medicine man's equipment consisting of pouch of echidna skin

Made:
1890-1910 in Sumatra
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Medicine man's equipment consisting of pouch of echidna skin, with knife, twiigers and ear-pick attached on brass chains, used by battak tribe, Toba, Sumatra, Indonesian, 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656121
Materials:
echidna, brass, iron and shell, ? material
Measurements:
skin pouch: length 550 mm
pouch, max: width 153 mm
knife: length 96 mm
knife: width 19 mm
tweezer: length 96 mm
tweezer: width 13 mm
earpick: length 43 mm
earpick: width 9 mm
max, chain, approx: length 730 mm
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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