Medicine man's bag
- Made:
- 1880-1935
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LicenseMedicine man's bag(?) or headdress(?), woven cotton
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Medicine man's bag(?) or headdress(?), woven cotton, cone shaped, from Hinterland, Sierra Leone(?), African, 1880-1935
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656764
- Materials:
- cotton, cloth, fibre, woven, glass, horn, shells and animal tails
- Measurements:
-
length 700 mm
width 230 mm
thickness 100 mm
with chin strap: length 1350 mm
- type:
- medicine man's outfits
