Cowrie shell necklace
- Made:
- 1860-1920
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Cowrie shell necklace, strung on plaited cotton band, known as Eco onu uma Agbobia ju Ece Mkpa, worn by the female attendant of young girls during initiation, Southern Nigerian, 1860-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655911
- type:
- necklace
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
