Fifty six animal claws

Fifty six animal claws, all feline, shaped like a parrot's beak, one perforated for suspension, amuletic, encased inside tin box with hinged lid for Kensitas cigarettes, African, 1890-1925. (See Note field below)

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655952
Materials:
claw, animal, feline
Measurements:
max: length 55 mm
min: length 25 mm
max: width 30 mm
min: width 15 mm
max: thickness 8 mm
box: length 153 mm
box: width 105 mm
box: height 20 mm
type:
amulets

Parts

Forty seven of fifty six animal claws, all feline, shaped like a parrot's beak, one perforated for suspension, amuletic, encased inside tin box with hinged lid for Kensitas cigarettes, African, 1890-1925. (See Note field below)

Forty seven of fifty six animal claws

Forty seven of fifty six animal claws, all feline, shaped like a parrot's beak, one perforated for suspension, amuletic, encased inside tin box with hinged lid for Kensitas cigarettes, African, 1890-1925. (See Note field below)

Measurements:
max: length 55 mm
min: length 25 mm
max: width 30 mm
min: width 15 mm
max: thickness 8 mm
box: length 153 mm
box: width 105 mm
box: height 20 mm
Materials:
claw, animal, feline
Object Number:
A655952/1
type:
animal claw and amulet
Nine of fifty six animal claws, all feline, shaped like a parrot's beak, one perforated for suspension, amuletic, encased inside tin box with hinged lid for Kensitas cigarettes, African, 1890-1925. (See Note field below)

Nine of fifty six animal claws

Nine of fifty six animal claws, all feline, shaped like a parrot's beak, one perforated for suspension, amuletic, encased inside tin box with hinged lid for Kensitas cigarettes, African, 1890-1925. (See Note field below)

Measurements:
max: length 55 mm
min: length 25 mm
max: width 30 mm
min: width 15 mm
max: thickness 8 mm
box: length 153 mm
box: width 105 mm
box: height 20 mm
Materials:
claw, animal, feline
Object Number:
A655952/2
type:
amulets