Thong necklace threaded with two horns

Made:
1880-1930 in Zimbabwe
maker:
Shona people
Thong necklace threaded with two horns, a tusk

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Thong necklace threaded with two horns, a tusk, an iron pick in a leather case, a leather covered tube and a copper knob, part of medicine man's equipment, Mashonaland, Rhodesia, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657919
Materials:
leather, horn, tooth, bone, vertebrae, iron, pick, bone, tube and copper, knob
Measurements:
doubled: length 310 mm
pick: length 190 mm
tusk: length 110 mm
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Sotheby's

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