Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton
- Made:
- 1860-1920
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Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton, known as ego onu umu algbobia ju elu mkpu, worn by the female attendants of young girls during MKPU time, ie rites de passage, Southern Nigeria, 1860-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655919
- type:
- necklace
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
