Amuletic necklace consisting of 4 tusks and 40 large blunt teeth on fibre string
- Made:
- 1801-1920
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Amuletic necklace consisting of 4 tusks and 40 large blunt teeth on fibre string, African (?) or North American (?), 1801-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655946
- Materials:
- teeth, elephant ? and walrus ? and fibre, string
- Measurements:
-
doubled: length 255 mm
max, tusk: length 122 mm
max, tusk: width 26 mm
max, tooth: length 48 mm
max, tooth: width 19 mm
