Amulet in form of fly whisk surmounted by three leather covered charm cases
- maker:
- Hausa people
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Amulet in form of fly whisk surmounted by three leather covered charm cases, to ward off injury, Hausa, Nigerian, 1880-1918
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656788
- Materials:
- whisk, hair, horse, leather, sling, cloth and hesian
- type:
- fly-whisk
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
